Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has been shortlisted as member of Bayelsa State governorship campaign council for both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Gatekeepers News reports that the APC campaign council is being headed by Governor of Gombe state, Inuwa Yahyah and has 123 members.
The PDP campaign council has 72 members and is being headed by governor of Taraba state, Kefas Agbu.
Wike is a member of the PDP and is expected to be on the list of the party and not that of the APC.
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), H. E. Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, CON, in consultation with the National Working Committee (NWC), has approved the composition of the Bayelsa State National Gubernatorial Campaign Council with the primary purpose of leading the Gubernatorial Campaign in Bayelsa State and ensuring the triumph of our great Party at the November 11, 2023 Governorship election,” the APC said in a circular.
Wike, who has not resigned as a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic (PDP) following a fallout with the party in the lead-up to the February presidential election, was recently sworn in as a minister by President Bola Tinubu.
Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun will lead the 135-member campaign council for the Kogi Governorship election. The council has three co-chairmen – Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, his Niger State counterpart, Umar Bago, and Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State.
For the Imo election, the APC listed Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State as the chairman of the council. The co-chairmen are the governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru; Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu; and Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.
