Plateau State governor Simon Lalong has clinched the APC ticket to run for Plateau South Senatorial District seat in the 2023 general election.
At the primary election held in Shendam, the Zonal Headquarters of the Senatorial District, the delegates unanimously elected the governor, who was unopposed as the candidate of the APC. As the sole candidate, the governor was elected through affirmation.
Zonal Chairman of the APC in Plateau Southern Senatorial Zone, Alhaji Musa Abdullahi Nyalum, said members of the party in the zone resolved to give Governor Lalong their mandate to represent them in the Red Chambers because of his experience and performance as governor of the state.