The APC chairman said the adoption was unanimously agreed upon by stakeholders of the area to support a homegrown candidate.
The governor said the African Democratic Congress (ADC) appears to be a more receptive platform
The suspects accused of forgery and fraudulent withdrawal were Odoh Eric Ocheme, Adamu Abubakar and Imam Abubakar.
The minister said the owners’ rights to the lands were revoked because they failed to develop them in contravention of the Land Use Act of 1978.
The former president, who is the “Bayajidda II”, together with his wife, Aisha, received accolades from the horse riders.
In democratic politics, these implicit bargains begin, of course, with the understandings that govern membership of political parties.
Mr Lawal asserted that Mr Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party will sweep votes in the North where he hails from.
The former SGF urged Igbos to emulate the late premier of the defunct Eastern region, Michael Okpara.
