Nigeria, May 20 -- A former Minister of Transport, Sa'idu Alkali, has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s governorship primary in Gombe State, alleging irregularities and violations of electoral laws.

Mr Alkali announced his withdrawal just hours after addressing a rally in Gombe.

In a statement issued on Wednesday by his media aide, Umar Jibrin, Mr Alkali said his decision to boycott the primary scheduled for Thursday followed what he described as a loss of confidence in the credibility of the exercise.

The former minister said although he had fulfilled all requirements to contest, including purchasing nomination forms and scaling the party's screening process, recent developments during the APC House of Representativ...