Gov. Nwifuru Secures APC Governorship Ticket With 199,483 Votes In Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2027 election after polling 199,483 votes in the party’s primary election held yesterday. Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Hon. Aniekan Sunday Ekpo, who announced the result in Abakaliki, declared Nwifuru winner and returned him as the party’s candidate. According to him, "I hereby certify that I am the returning officer for the Ebonyi State Governorship Primary held on the 21st day of May, 2026, and the aspirants scored the following votes,” Ekpo stated. He added: “In this case, we have one aspirant, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, and having satisfied the APC constitution and guidelines and scored the highest number of votes, he is hereby declared the winner of today’s primary election and is returned elected and nominated as the governorship candidate of the party in Ebonyi State.” Ekpo further announced that the governor secure...
