Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to prevent its Kano State governorship candidate, Aminu Abdussalam, from appearing on the ballot for the 2027 election.

In response, the APC maintained that the NDC is merely suffering the fallout from a crisis arising from its primary election that drove aggrieved aspirants to seek legal redress.

The NDC vice-presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, alleged that the ruling APC orchestrated the omission of Mr Abdussalam's name from the final list of candidates recently published on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal.

The names of Mr Abdussalam and his running mate, Mustapha Kwankwaso, are ...