Nigeria, April 20 -- A total of 171,922 registered members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State are billed to participate in Saturday's governorship primaries to elect the party's candidate for the November election.

The number represents the delegates for the direct primaries, which would be held in all the 203 wards of the state.

The National Organising Secretary of the party, Muhammad Argungu, made this known in Abuja during the inauguration of a seven-man committee that would oversee the conduct of the primary election.

The committee is headed by the Kogi State governor, Usman Ododo.

He said while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) sent the Certified True Copy of 173, 181 membership register to th...