The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday submitted the list of its presidential and senatorial candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a bid to beat the October 18 deadline.

The party’s Director of Organization, Alhaji Abubakar Kari reportedly led other senior staff of the party to submit the list around 3:00 pm.  The party was also said to have defied INEC’s order by going ahead to present a list of its candidates from Zamfara State.

INEC had banned the APC from fielding candidates from the state following the expiration of the stipulated time issued to all political parties in the country to conduct primaries and forward the names of successful candidates.