Labour Party Selects Maku, Eze, Others Ahead of June 20 By-Elections
Party concludes primaries across affected constituencies, adopts consensus process to produce candidates for vacant legislative seats
The Labour Party has concluded its primaries for the June 20 by-elections, producing candidates for senatorial and legislative seats across several states as preparations intensify ahead of the polls.
The Labour Party (LP) has completed its primary elections ahead of the June 20 by-elections, producing candidates for vacant senatorial and legislative positions across multiple states.
The primaries were conducted on Monday in accordance with the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and covered constituencies affected by vacancies.
According to a statement issued in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Asogwa, former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, emerged as the Labour Party’s candidate for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District through a consensus arrangement.
The party stated that members gathered at the zonal office in Nasarawa North and endorsed his candidacy during the exercise.
In Enugu North Senatorial District, Ambassador Simon Ejike Eze was also selected through consensus to represent the party in the by-election.
Other candidates produced during the exercise include Engr. Sam Kinanee for Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Barrister Ige Aiyeobasan Asemudara for Ondo South Senatorial District, Abubakar Yahaya Muhammad for the Dawaki Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency in Kano State, and Muhammad Aliyu Galadima for the Zuru State Constituency by-election in Kebbi State.
The affected seats became vacant following a combination of deaths and political appointments.
The senatorial seats for Enugu North, Nasarawa North, and Rivers South-East became vacant after the deaths of the lawmakers who represented the districts in the 10th Senate.
Meanwhile, the Ondo South seat became vacant following the resignation of Senator Jimoh Ibrahim after his appointment by President Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
The Labour Party commended INEC for monitoring the primaries and described the process as peaceful, transparent, and successful across all participating constituencies.
The party also congratulated the successful candidates and urged supporters and party members to mobilise ahead of the June 20 by-elections.
According to the party, the selected candidates were chosen based on competence, integrity, and commitment to the party’s principles of social democracy, equal opportunity, and social justice.
