Nigeria, July 1 -- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has revised its list of candidates for the 2027 National Assembly elections, replacing 26 aspirants, including former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam and former House of Representatives member Gbenga Elegbeleye, after reviewing petitions arising from the party's primary elections.

The affected aspirants comprise seven senatorial candidates and 19 House of Representatives nominees across Benue, Ondo, Kogi, Abia, Taraba, Niger, Kwara, Kaduna, and Ebonyi states, who had initially emerged from the APC primaries conducted in May.

The changes were communicated to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a letter signed by the part...