2023: Dapo Abiodun, Matawalle, Omo-Agege win APC governorship tickets

The governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 governorship election are rounding off across states.

In Ogun state, Dapo Abiodun secured the party’s ticket to seek a second term in office.

During the election held at the main bowl of the MKO Abiola stadium in Kuto, Abeokuta, Wale Ohu, chairperson of the electoral committee, said Abiodun scored 1,168 votes to defeat five other aspirants.

In his acceptance speech, Abiodun promised to continue with the current efforts on infrastructural development in the state.

In a tweet on Thursday, Modele Sarafa-Yusuf, one of the aspirants, expressed reservations about the conduct of the exercise.

“For the records, four other aspirants had written to the party to ask for direct rather than delegate election so the people’s real voices can be heard but the party, in its wisdom, decided to conduct indirect primary election,” she wrote.

“While I respect the party’s decision, the process that took place today validates our earlier reservations. That said, I accept the ‘verdict’ and send good wishes to the declared winner, Governor Dapo Abiodun.”

Matawalle secures ticket for Zamfara

In Zamfara, Matawalle ran unopposed and secured the votes of 733 out of 735 delegates drawn from the 147 wards of 14 LGAs of the state.

Babagana Tijjani-Banki chaired the electoral committee that supervised the exercise in Zamfara.

Omo-Agege clinches ticket for Delta

Ovie Omo-Agege, the deputy senate president, will represent the APC as the governorship candidate for Delta state.

At the primary held at the premises of the Federal College of Education (FCE) in Delta, Omo-Agege polled a total of 1,190 votes and was returned unopposed.

A total of 1,235 accredited delegates participated in the primary.

On his victory, Omo-Agege expressed joy over the smooth conduct of the exercise, and thanked his supporters.