Primaries: Fubara withdraws as APC govs emerge sole aspirants

The All Progressives Congress is set for a decisive round of governorship primaries on Thursday (today) across the 36 states, with political tensions rising over attempts to impose consensus candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections. In many states, party leaders and influential stakeholders have pushed for consensus arrangements to avoid rancorous contests and internal divisions.

However, the move has been resisted by several aspirants who insist on testing their popularity at the polls.

Among the closely watched contests are those involving Rivers State, where Governor Siminalayi Fubara stepped aside, Adamawa, Kwara and Plateau State as party members await the outcome of the primaries that could shape the political direction of both states. With loyalists of Fubara missing on the list for the cleared aspirants for the Rivers State House of Assembly primary election scheduled for Wednesday, political observers opined that Fubara was in for tough battle to secure the second term ticket.