FULL LIST: Defence minister, Buhari’s in-law — all the aspirants cleared for APC guber primary

September 27, 2018 10:45 pm

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the list of aspirants cleared for the governorship primary scheduled for Saturday.

Adebayo Shittu and Aisha AlHassan — two serving ministers were disqualified from the race but three of their colleagues scaled through.

Thos cleared are Usani Usani, minister of Niger Delta; Mansu Dan Ali, minister of defence and Mustapha Shehu, minister of state, power, works and housing.

Mahmood Ahmed, an in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari and Mai Buni, national secretary of the ruling party, were also given a clean bill of health.

Below is the full list of those cleared after screening:

SOUTH SOUTH

Akwa Ibom State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Obong Nsima Ekere	Cleared
2.	Sen. John Akpan Udoedeghe, Phd	Cleared
3.	Dan Abia, Esq.	Cleared
4.	Dr. Edet Okon Efretui	Cleared

Delta State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Prof. Pat Utomi	Cleared
2.	Dr. (Hon). Cairo Ojugbo	Cleared
3.	Rt. (Hon.) Victor Ochei, Esq.	Cleared
4.	Chief Great Ovdje Ogboru	Cleared
5.	Chief Osiobe Eric Okotie	Not Cleared

Cross River State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Pastor Usani Uguru Usani	Cleared
2.	Sen. John Owan Enoh	Cleared
3.	High Chief Edem Duke	Cleared
4.	John Upan Odey	Cleared
5.	Prof. Nyong Eyo	Cleared

Rivers State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Tonye Cole	Cleared
2.	Sen. Magnus Ngei Abe	Cleared
3.	Dumo Lulu Briggs	Cleared
4.	Dr. Dawari George	Cleared

SOUTH EAST

Abia State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Dr. Uche Ogah, OON	Cleared
2.	High Chief Ikechi Emenike	Cleared
3.	H.E. Comrade Chris Akomas	Cleared
4.	Rt. Hon. Martins Azubuike, Esq.	Cleared
5.	Barr. Friday Nwosu, Esq.	Cleared
6.	Prince Amb. Okey Emuchay	Cleared
7.	Prince Paul Ikonne	Cleared

Ebonyi State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Sen. Sunny Ogbuoji	Cleared
2.	Arc. Dr. Edward Nkweagu	Cleared
3.	Sen. Emmanuel Agboti	Cleared
4.	Obasi Ogbonnaya Obasi	Cleared
5.	Hon. Kelechi Chima	Cleared
6.	Engr. Paul Okorie	Cleared
7.	Comrade Christain	Cleared
8.	Chief Austine Igwe Edeze	Cleared
9.	Prof. Benard Odoh	Cleared

Enugu State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Sen. Ayogu Eze	Cleared
2.	Barr. Ifeanyi Nwaoga, Esq.	Cleared
3.	Akubue Augustine	Cleared
4.	Ben Eche	Cleared
5.	Barr. George Ogara, Esq.	Cleared
6.	Barr. Ejikeme Ugwu, Esq	Not Cleared

Imo State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Sen. Hope Uzodinma	Cleared
2.	Hon. Uche Nwosu	Cleared
3.	H.E. Prince Eze Madumere	Cleared
4.	Sir Jude Ejiogu	Cleared
5.	Barr. Chima Anozie	Cleared
6.	Dr. Chris Emenike Nlemoha	Cleared
7.	Sir Eche George Ezenna	Cleared
8.	Chukwudi Celestine Ololo	Cleared
9.	Air Commodore Peter Gbujie	Cleared

SOUTH WEST

Lagos State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Akinwunmi Ambode	Cleared
2.	Dr. Kadir Obafemi Hamzat	Cleared
3.	Jide Sanwo-Olu	Cleared

Oyo State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Niyi Akintola, SAN	Cleared
2.	H.E. Christopher Alao Akala	Cleared
3.	Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe	Cleared
4.	Dr. Olusola Ayandele, PhD	Cleared
5.	Dr. Owolabi Babalola	Cleared
6.	Dr. Azeez Popoola Adeduntun	Cleared
7.	Adebayo Adekola Adelabu	Cleared
8.	Hon. Barr. Adebayo Shittu, Esq	Not Cleared (No NYSC Certificate)

Ogun State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Jimi Lawal	Cleared
2.	Dapo Abiodun	Cleared
3.	Hon. Bimbo Ashiru	Cleared
4.	H.E. Sen. Adegbenga Kaka	Cleared
5.	Hon. Kunle Akinlade	Cleared
6.	Abayomi Semako Koroto Hunye	Cleared

NORTH WEST

Jigawa State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Alh. Abubakar Badaru	Cleared
2.	Alh. Hashim Ubale	Cleared

Katsina State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Rt.Hon. Aminu Masari	Cleared
2.	Abubakar Ismaila Isa	Cleared
3.	Garba Sani Dankani	Cleared

Kebbi State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Alh. Atiku Bagudu	Cleared
2.	Ibrahim Mohammed Mera, OON	Not Cleared

Sokoto State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Abbakar Abdullahi Gumbi	Cleared
2.	Hon. Farouk Malami Yabo	Cleared
3.	Ahmed Aliyu	Cleared
4.	Sen. Abubakar Umar Gada	Cleared

Zamfara State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Dauda Lawal	Cleared
2.	Mukhtar Idris Shehu	Cleared
3.	Brig. Gen. Mansur Ali	Cleared
4.	H.E. Hon. Ustaz Ibrahim Mohammed Wakala	Cleared
5.	Sen. Kabiru Marafa	Cleared
6.	H.E. Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi	Cleared
7.	Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji	Cleared
8.	Engr. Abubakar Magaji	Cleared
9.	Mohammed Sagir Hamidu	Cleared

NORTH CENTRAL

Benue State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Dr. Hon. Emmanuel Jime	Cleared
2.	Titus T. Zam	Cleared
3.	Akange Audu	Cleared
4.	Arc. Aema Achado	Cleared
5.	Benjamin Tilley Adanyi	Cleared
6.	Micheal Iordye, mni	Cleared

Nasarawa State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Sule Audu	Cleared
2.	H.E. Silas Agara	Cleared
3.	Hon Aliyu Wadada	Cleared
4.	Zakari Idde	Cleared
5.	Hassan M. Liman, SAN	Cleared
6.	Mohammed Musa Maikaya	Cleared
7.	Arc. Shehu Tukur	Cleared
8.	Dauda Shuaibu Kigbu	Cleared
9.	Dr. James Angbazo	Cleared
10.	Hon. Jafar Mohammed Ibrahim	Cleared
11.	Danladi Envulu-Anza Halilu	Not Cleared

Niger State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Alh. Sani Bello	Cleared
2.	Abubakar Mamma Jiya Maaji	Not Cleared

Plateau State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Rt. Hon. Simon Lalong, Esq.	Cleared

NORTH EAST

Adamawa State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Sen. Mohammed Jibrilla	Cleared
2.	Nuhu Ribadu	Cleared
3.	Mahmood Halilu Ahmed	Cleared

Bauchi State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar	Cleared
2.	Dr. Ali Pate	Cleared
3.	Captain Bala Jibrin	Cleared
4.	Dr. Yakubu Lame	Cleared

Borno State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Kashim Imam	Cleared
2.	Prof. Babagana Umaru	Cleared
3.	Gambo Lawan	Cleared
4.	Mustapha Baba Shehu	Cleared
5.	Hon. Umaru Kumalia	Cleared
6.	Muhammad Aba Lima	Cleared
7..	Barr. Kaka Shehu Lawan, Esq.	Cleared
8.	H.E. Adamu Dibal	Cleared
9.	Mustapha Fannarambe	Cleared
10.	Mohammed Jafaru	Cleared
11.	Sen. Baba Kaka Bashir Garba	Cleared
12.	QS Mohammed Makinta	Cleared
13.	Hon. Babagana Tijjani	Cleared
14.	Adamu Alhaji Lawan	Cleared
15.	Mai Sherrif	Cleared
16.	Hon. Abba Jato	Cleared
17.	Attom Magira Tom	Cleared
18.	Umar Alkali	Cleared
19.	H.E. Baba Ahmed Jidda	Cleared
20.	Idris Mamman Gatumbwa	Cleared
21.	Sen. Abubakar Kyari	Cleared

Gombe State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Mohammed Jibrin Barde	Cleared
2.	Hon. Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo	Cleared
3.	Mohammadu Inuwa Yahaya	Cleared
4.	Kamisu Ahmed Mailan	Cleared
5.	Umaru Kwairanga	Cleared
6.	Abubakar Muazu Hassan	Cleared
7.	Umar Farouk Musa	Cleared
8.	Sen. Idris Audu Umar	Cleared
9.	Aliyu Haidar Abubakar	Cleared

Taraba State

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	H.E. Sani Abubakar Danladi	Cleared
2.	Sen. Joel Danlami Ikenya	Cleared
3.	Garba Umar-UTC	Cleared
4.	Prof. Mohammed Sanni Yahaya	Cleared
5.	Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama	Cleared
6..	Aliyu Omar, MON	Cleared
7.	Chief Ezekiel Afunkuyo	Cleared
8.	Chief David Sabo Kente	Cleared
9.	Mohammed Tumba Ibrahim	Cleared
10.	Barr. Kabiru Umaru, Esq.	Cleared
11.	Aliyu Omar, MON	Cleared
12.	Sen. Hajia Aisha Alhassan	Not Cleared

Yobe

S/N	NAME	DECISION
1.	Hon. Mai Mala Buni	Cleared
2.	Umar Ali Kromchi	Cleared
3.	Hon. Sidi Yakubu	Cleared
4.	Ali Kolomi	Cleared
5.	Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai	Withdrew