Nigeria, June 9 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced plans to inaugurate its National Campaign Council for the forthcoming Ekiti State governorship election as the ruling party intensifies preparations for the poll.

The party said the inauguration will take place on Wednesday at the Kashim Shettima Hall of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.

With the official inauguration of the campaign council, the party will begin a more coordinated engagement with party members, community leaders and voters across Ekiti State for the off-cycle election.

In a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC said the campaign council would coordinate and drive its electio...