The Labour Party (LP) has picked a former council boss, Hon. Juliana Obetta Princess as its deputy governorship candidate for the forthcoming Benue State governorship election.
This came barely 48 hours after the party elected its governorship candidate, Mathias Byuan.

A grassroots politician, Hon Obetta served as a former executive chairman of Okpokwu LGA of the state and has built a career spanning community development and political mobilisation.

She has established a strong presence in grassroots politics and community engagement and served in president Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization..

Unveiling the deputy governorship candidate in Makurdi at the party’s secretariat along Otukpo road, Byuan stated that the candidate was unanimously elected by party members in the state.

According to Byuan, “We have consulted widely with party stakeholders across the state and today, they have unanimously elected Mrs Julie Obetta as the first female governorship candidate who by the grace of God, come 2027 will be the first female deputy governor of Benue State.”

The governorship candidate described the choice of the deputy governorship candidate as part of the party’s program to include women in governance in 2027.

Byuan promised that the party if given the mandate would turn the state from civil service to industrial state.

In a remark, Hon Obetta said she was overwhelmed by the honor as the first female deputy governorship candidate of the party and promised to mobilize Benue women who constitute significant numbers to vote for the party.

A mild protest erupted at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Abuja on Monday as Nollywood actor and House of Representatives aspirant, Emeka Ike, voiced his dissatisfaction over the outcome of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, primary election for the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, seat.

Ike, who recently declared his intention to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives, stormed the INEC office alleging irregularities in the conduct of the primary election. 

DAILY POST gathered that the actor lost the party’s primaries.

Addressing officials during the protest, Ike expressed anger over the electoral process, insisting that he would not remain silent over.

“We don’t have an address when the election is going on. I am an aspirant, I’m a Nigerian. 

“You won’t go away with this. I don’t do social media activism. INEC will not escape this,” he said.

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Former Minister of Power and governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, has insisted that the party’s governorship candidate in the state is yet to emerge.

In a statement on Monday, Adelabu urged party members to remain calm and await the official pronouncement of the party’s national leadership on the outcome of the recently concluded primaries.

He equally warned against widely circulated consensus arrangements on candidates of the APC for governorship and other elective positions from the state for the 2027 general election.

DAILY POST reports that Adelabu, who resigned as Minister of Power on April 30, 2026, contested the APC governorship primaries in Oyo State alongside eight others, with Senator Sarafadeen Alli reported in several quarters as having won the primaries and being the consensus candidate of the party.

Meanwhile, Oyo APC chairman, Moses Adeyemo, had, after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Lagos, at the weekend, also declared Alli as the party’s candidate for the governorship election.

But Adelabu said no individual or group at the state level had been authorised to announce the final outcome of the primaries,” insisting that only the party’s national headquarters could make such a declaration.

“Oyo APC guber candidate yet to emerge. At this crucial stage, no one should allow himself or herself to be misled by rumours, propaganda or premature victory claims designed to manipulate public perception, create confusion among party faithful and influence ongoing consultations within the party.

“Such actions are neither helpful to the party nor consistent with the principles of fairness, discipline and internal democracy that should guide our conduct as loyal APC members.

“Any purported list of candidates being circulated on social media or through unofficial channels should be treated with utmost caution until the national leadership of the party makes its official pronouncement,” Adelabu said.