APC Congress 2021;Jekada Returns as Chairman

Following the acceptance of the consensus option to elect new state executive committee members, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state has returned retired Air Commodore Emmanuel Jekada as state chairman, unchallenged.

INEC officials, led by the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kaduna, monitored the party’s state congress on Saturday.

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The Congress Committee Chairman, Abubakar Moddibo, stated that the consensus option selected by the state chapter was in keeping with the party’s constitution while announcing the emergence of Jekada as the state chairman and several previous leaders of the party who were returned unopposed.

Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon.Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani, Deputy Governor, Dr.Hadiza Balarabe, and other distinguished members and delegates of the party in the state attended the Congress, which took place at the Yar’adua Hall, Murtala Mohammad Square Kaduna.