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APC Primaries: List of 8 Governors and 3 Serving Senators Who Won Governorship Tickets ahead of 2023

Monday, May 30, 2022 at 12:29 AM by Nurudeen Lawal

As results from the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s governorship primaries become available, at least eight governors on the ruling party's platform who are in their first terms have clinched reelection tickets.

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Some serving senators have also won the ruling party's guber tickets as they seek to transit from the legislature at the federal level to the executive arm of government at the state level.

APC Primaries, Governors, Serving Senators, Governorship Tickets, 2023 Elections — Winners are emerging from the APC governorship primaries. Photo credits: @jidesanwoolu, @NasarawaGovt, @realaishabinani, @OvieOmoAgege Photo credit
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Check the list of the winners that have so far been declared below:

Serving governors who have bagged re-election tickets

Abdullahi Sule, Nasarawa state
Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, Gombe state
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Kwara state
Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, Benue state
Bello Mohammed Matawalle, Zamfara state
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state
Governor Dapo Abiodun, Ogun state
Governor Mai Mala Buni, Yobe state

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Serving senators who secured APC guber tickets

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy Senate President (Delta)
Senator Aishatu Dairu Binani, Senator representing Adamawa Central (Adamawa)
Senator Uba Sani, senator representing Kaduna Central (Kaduna)

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The late former governor’s son emerged as the consensus candidate at the party’s primary held on Thursday, May 26, in Ibadan.

Legit.ng gathered that his opponents at the primary stepped down to pave way for him as the party’s flag bearer in the 2023 general election.

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