Nigeria, May 22 -- The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 election in Kwara State.

The chairman of the APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, Musiliu Obanikoro, announced the result on Friday after the conclusion of the party's primary election across the state.

Mr Obanikoro said Mr Danladi-Salihu, popularly known as SYD, polled more than 94,000 votes to defeat other aspirants.

The victory capped days of intense political negotiations, controversy and shifting alliances within the Kwara APC ahead of the governorship primary.

PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq initial...