Last Wednesday’s Supreme Court affirmation of likeable entrepreneur Akan Udofia, almost on the eve of the now postponed governorship poll, as APC governorship candidate appears to be the ginger the main opposition party in the Akwa Ibom needed to close ra

NNPP Win

Abba Kabir Yusuf (NNPP) Vs Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna (APC)

Voters in Kano State spoke eloquently on February 25, 2023. The New Nigeria Peoples

Party presidential candidate and former governor of the state, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, won the state by a huge margin. He won 38 of the 44 local government areas, got a total of 997,279 votes while his closest rival, APC’s Tinubu secured 517,341 votes and Atiku of PDP got 131, 716 votes. Two of the three senatorial seats at stake were won by the party. APC won one.

THEWILL projects a repeat performance during the governorship election and the NNPP will take control of a major state in the federation as the ancient commercial city of Kano is second to Lagos in population. It is also third largest commercial centre after Ogun State. and retirees several months’ salaries and pension arrears.

Recently, doctors in the state’s service embarked on an indefinite strike over non-payment of salary arrears of over 25 months. Pensioners

So the LP candidate is no push-over. Ikpeazu, who hails from Ungwa, lost his senatorial bid for Abia South to an Ungwa son from a different party, Senator Abaribe of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. THEWILL projects a win for the LP.

Leaning LP

Dr Peter Mbah (PDP), Chijioke Edeoga (LP) and Frank Nweke Jr (APGA)

The governorship race in Enugu state is a three-horse race among the governing PDP, the rising LP and revived APGA. Here, like in Abia where Ikpeazu lost his senatorial ambition, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi lost his Enugu North senatorial bid to the LP candidate, Barrister Okey Ezea, by a wide margin. He polled 46,948 votes to Ezea’s 104, 492 votes. There is also trouble for the PDP in Enugu South Senatorial District.

Here, the poll was postponed because of the assassination of the LP candidate, Chief Oyinbo Victor Chukwu, known to pose a stiff challenge to incumbent PDP incumbent Senator Chimaroke Nnamani.

The deceased’s brother, Kelvin Chukwu has been nominated to replace him. Nnamani has been expelled by the PDP for anti-party activities, leaving that senatorial district for the picking by the LP.

The APGA candidate, Frank Nweke, a former Minister of Information is running a popular and formidable campaign in the state but has the LP to contend with.

Like in other South-East states where Obi trounced other parties with almost 88 per cent to 90 percent of the votes cast, THEWILL projects that Enugu will fall to the LP and its candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, a former House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Information.

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Too Close To Call

Akwa Ibom: Pastor Umoh Eno (PDP) Vs Akan Udofia (APC)

Last Wednesday’s Supreme Court affirmation of likeable entrepreneur Akan Udofia, almost on the eve of the now postponed governorship poll, as APC governorship candidate appears to be the ginger the main opposition party in the Akwa Ibom needed to close ranks and put up a fierce battle against the ruling PDP, which was weakened by the exit of Senator Albert Bassey, who is now the candidate of the YPP.

Godswill Akpabio, the former governor and leader of the APC in the state won his senatorial bid by defeating the PDP in Akwa Ibom North West, putting the APC in play at the governorship poll. The PDP, which won two senatorial seats and majority representatives in the House of