The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Screening Committee has disqualified Mr Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communication, from participating in its rescheduled governorship primary election.
This is according to a list of governorship aspirants cleared as well as those not cleared issued by the party’s spokesman, Mr Yekini Nabena, on Thursday night in Abuja.
The list revealed that the minister, who was in the race to contest the Oyo State governorship election, was disqualified from contesting the primary because he did not participate in the compulsory one year National Youth Services Corps (NYSC) scheme.
On Friday morning, the party cleared more aspirants to participate in the governorship primary.
Nabena said in a statement in Abuja that Kaduna, Kano and Jigawa states aspirants were erroneously omitted from the previous list released.
The aspirants cleared according to the statement include: Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai for Kaduna, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
for Kano state, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru and Alhaji Hashim Ubale for Jigawa state.
Also cleared for Katsina state were Aminu Masari, Abubakar Ismaila Isa and Garba Sani Dankani as well as Alhaji Atiku Bagudu and Ibrahim Mera for Kebbi state.
The statement added that Abubakar Gumbi, Farouk Yabo, Ahmed Aliyu and Sen. Abubakar Gada were also cleared for Sokoto state while Dauda Lawal, Mukhtar Shehu and Brig.-Gen. Mansur Ali were cleared for Zamfara State.
The statement added that Ibrahim Wakala, Sen. Kabiru Marafa, Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi, Aminu Jaji, Abubakar Magaji and Mohammed Hamidu were also cleared to contest the party’s governorship primary election in Zamfara.
All the aspirants are expected to contest for the party’s ticket to be its candidates for the 2019 governorship election.
Also disqualified from the contest, was Hajiya Aisha Alhassan, Minister of Women Affairs, popularly known as Mama Taraba, who was in the race to contest the party’s ticket for Taraba governorship election.
The committee did not, however, give any reason why the minister was disqualified from the race.
The committee also disqualified Mr Osiobe Okotie from Delta, Alhaji Ibrahim Halilu (Nasarawa) and Alhaji Abubakar Magaji (Niger) from contesting for the party’s ticket at its governorship primary election.
Below is the full list:
NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE DECISIONS ON GOVERNORSHIP ASPIRANTS SCREENING COMMITTEE REPORTNORTH WESTKaduna State
S/N
NAME
DECISION1.
H.E. Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai
ClearedKano State
S/N
NAME
DECISION1.
H.E. Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
ClearedJigawa State
S/N
NAME
DECISION1.
H.E. Alh. Abubakar Badaru
Cleared2.
Alh. Hashim Ubale
ClearedKatsina State
S/N
NAME
DECISION1.
H.E. Rt.Hon. Aminu Masari
Cleared2.
Abubakar Ismaila Isa
Cleared3.
Garba Sani Dankani
ClearedKebbi State
S/N
NAME
DECISION1.
H.E. Alh. Atiku Bagudu
Cleared2.
Ibrahim Mohammed Mera, OON
Not ClearedSokoto State
S/N
NAME
DECISION1.
Abubakar Abdullahi Gumbi
Cleared2.
Hon. Farouk Malami Yabo
Cleared3.
Ahmed Aliyu
Cleared4.
Sen. Abubakar Umar Gada
ClearedZamfara State
S/N
NAME
DECISION1.
Dauda Lawal
Cleared2.
Mukhtar Idris Shehu
Cleared3.
Brig. Gen. Mansur Ali
Cleared4.
H.E. Hon. Ustaz Ibrahim Mohammed Wakala
Cleared5.
Sen. Kabiru Marafa
Cleared6.
H.E. Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi
Cleared7.
Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji
Cleared8.
Engr. Abubakar Magaji
Cleared9.
Mohammed Sagir Hamidu
Cleared*NOTE: Kaduna and Kano States were erroneously omitted from the previously released list.
SIGNED:
Mr. Yekini Nabena
Ag. National Publicity Secretary
