Nigeria, June 1 -- Ace broadcaster and media entrepreneur Michael Bush has emerged as the Labour Party (LP) candidate for the 2027 governorship election in Akwa Ibom State.

Mr Bush won the party's governorship primary in Akwa Ibom and was officially declared a candidate on Saturday at the LP secretariat in Uyo.

Kingsley Okundaye, the chairperson of the LP National Electoral Committee for Akwa Ibom State, announced the result, describing the exercise as compliant with the party's constitution, the Electoral Act and other electoral guidelines.

Mr Bush, founder of Bush House Nigeria, was formerly a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In April, he declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election under the PDP pla...