Confusion as APC disowns campaign council list featuring Wike

After releasing the campaign council list ahead of the Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo state governorship elections, the All Progressives Congress has asked Nigerians to disregard the list in circulation.

Disowning the list in a statement by the party’s national publicity secretary Felix Morka, the party urged Nigerians to disregard the list stating that the list is not a binding document of the party.

“The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to National Campaign Council Lists for the 11th November 2023 Governorship Elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States in circulation in sections of the media,” a statement by Mr Morka read.

“The lists are not official documents of the party and should be disregarded,” it added.

Recall that the party’s organising secretary, Muhammad Argungu, had earlier listed the chairmen of the governorship campaign councils approved by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).

In the statement which was posted on the party’s official Twitter page, Mr Argungu detailed that In the list, the Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, was picked as the chairman of the campaign council in Bayelsa State.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, his Defence counterpart, Badaru Abubakar, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, were listed as the co-chairmen.

The Cross River state Governor, Bassey Otu, was appointed as chairman of the Imo Campaign Council with the trio of the Ebonyi state Governor, Francis Nwifuru; Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, and Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, as co-chairmen.

However, many Nigerians have continued to question the ruling party for listing Wike on the Bayelsa governorship election campaign council list after he had already been listed on the campaign council of the main opposition party PDP.