The All Progressives Congress (APC) has screened out several prominent aspirants in Rivers state ahead of the party’s senatorial primaries for the 2027 general election.
A list released by the party showed that Ipalibo Banigo, Tamunobaabo Danagogo, Ojukaye Amachree, and Jack-Rich Tein were not cleared to contest the APC senatorial primaries.
Banigo, a former deputy governor of the state, currently represents Rivers west in the senate.
Danagogo served as the secretary to the Rivers state government (SSG) when Nyesom Wike was the governor of the state. He also served in the cabinet of Siminalayi Fubara, the incumbent governor, in the same capacity.
Jack-Rich Tein is a businessman and former presidential aspirant.
However, the party cleared Felix Obuah, a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman in the state, to contest for Rivers west senatorial district seat.