Nigeria, May 27 -- A former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has emerged as the consensus candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District bye-election scheduled for 20 June to fill vacant legislative seats in six states.

Similarly, Simon Eze, a seasoned diplomat, emerged as the party's consensus candidate for Enugu North Senatorial District, while Sam Kinanee clinched the ticket for Rivers South-East Senatorial District and Ige Asemudara emerged candidate for Ondo South Senatorial District.

The candidates emerged during the party's primaries held on Monday across the affected constituencies.

The Labour Party National Publicity Secretary, Ken Asogwa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, no...