The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the appointment of Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna as the chairman of its national campaign council for the forthcoming Ekiti State governorship election.
This was disclosed in an updated list shared by the party on its social media page on Thursday, June 4, adding that the campaign council will be co-chaired by Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Nigerian Senate.
Recall that the Ekiti State governorship election is one of the off-cycle polls in Nigeria. According to the timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the exercise is scheduled for Saturday, June 20. INEC had also explained that by-elections will be held in six states along with the Ekiti state governorship elections.
INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan, noted that the bye-elections will cover vacancies for senatorial seats in Enugu, Nasarawa, Rivers and Ondo states. Others will be a seat for the House of Assembly in Kebbi State and a House of Representatives seat in Kano State.
