The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, issued the revised list, reducing the number of barred aspirants to 44. The move comes amid intense screening exercises and primaries for the 2027 general elections.
Key Names Whose Disqualifications Were Reversed/Cleared:
– Ben Murray-Bruce (Bayelsa East) — Former Senator and prominent PDP defector to APC. His name was prominently featured in the initial list but removed in the updated version. Murray-Bruce had publicly denied any disqualification or withdrawal.
– Chimzobam Nnalue (Anambra North Senatorial District).
– Three Plateau State aspirants (specific names not detailed in initial reports but collectively removed from the disqualified list).
Some adjustments also included reclassifying others as voluntary withdrawals, such as:
– Donald Daunemigita (Bayelsa West)
– Prof. Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana, SAN (Nasarawa West, listed as withdrawn).
Jack-Rich Tein T.S. (Rivers West), along with other notable figures like Sen. Benson S. Agadaga(Bayelsa East, who remained on the updated disqualified list in some reports) and several from Zamfara, Oyo, and Rivers, were among those initially hit hard but saw limited broad reversals beyond the named cases.
Kwara State House of Assembly Development
In a separate but related dramatic turnaround, the APC in Kwara State reportedly reversed an earlier mass disqualification of over 100 (around 105–113) aspirants for the State House of Assembly. Reports indicate the party moved to clear pathways for aspirants amid internal tensions, though full confirmation of “all 159” cleared remains tied to ongoing appeals and state-level resolutions.
The APC has not publicly detailed specific reasons for the original disqualifications or the reversals, citing adherence to screening guidelines, dues, documentation, and party integrity. Factional alignments, especially in states like Rivers (where Wike-aligned vs. Fubara-aligned dynamics played out strongly in Assembly screenings), continue to influence outcomes.
