WRITTEN BY UCHE NWORAH
Retired Major-General John Gbor has declared his intention to contest the 2019 Presidencial election under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.

This comes after years of absence of presidential aspirants contest by the party, which did not field any candidate for the 2015 general elections.

The National Chairman of APGA, Dr. Victor Oye, disclosed this in Abuja, while addressing newsmen after the National Working Committee Meeting of the Party .

He also named an industrialist, Chief Jerry Chukwueke, as the running mate of the presidential aspirant for the general elections.

Retired Major-General Gbor who hails from Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, had his last assignment in the Military as commandant in the Nigerian Army Education Corps.

The Presidential aspirant is a PhD holder while his running mate who hails from Imo State, is a technocrat, international businessman with many degrees in economic and business management.