Mr Akpata won the primary election held in Benin City, Edo’s capital, on Friday after scoring 316 votes to defeat his co-contestants in a landslide victory.
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River, the APC supplementary primary election chairman, declared Mr Okpebholo the election winner on Friday.
Mr Namang was shot dead on Saturday night at a provision store in Pankshin.
“We are to change the narrative on Nigeria. You and I can change the perception about Africa, not just Nigeria,” said Mr Tinubu.
“I think all one can say to Nigerians is that they have to give the president time to get things really done,” said Mr Gowon.
“This act is undesirable and unequivocally intolerable and must be condemned by any decent and civilised mind,” said Mr Obi.
Islamiyat Oyefusi, the Labour Party deputy governorship candidate in Lagos in 2023, has resigned her membership.
The governorship election has been scheduled for September 21.
The party said there would be level ground for all aspirants during the primary.
Md Umoru cited a technical gaffe on the part of the party in the notice for the party primaries.
