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Governorship battle: Details of APC states with highest and lowest aspirants
Eighty four aspirants on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress bought forms for the governorship tickets in 28 states at the close of sales and submission of nomination forms.
Records at the APC nomination form Collection/Submission secretariat showed that the competition for the governorship ticket is fiercest in Kwara State, which boasts of 15 aspirants jostling for the ticket.
Other high-interest states are: Adamawa with eight aspirants, Oyo and Yobe six aspirants each, Bauchi and Nasarawa five aspirants each, Abia and Taraba states four aspirants each, Gombe and Lagos three aspirants each while Borno and Ogun have two aspirants each.
Some stakeholders are pushing for consensus in picking candidates but this has not gone down well with party members in many of the states, sparking protests.