APC Lagos LG poll
Lagos LG poll: Ogunlewe’s son, 54 others emerge APC candidates
After keenly contested primaries, the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, yesterday, produced 55 chairmanship candidates for the July 12 local government elections.
Four candidates from the Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, had earlier emerged through consensus from their various councils.
Among those who emerged after about five hours of voting amid tight security set up by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshoood Jimoh, include Usman Hamzat, sibling of the state’s deputy governor, Dr. Femi Hamzat, and Moyosore Ogunlewe, son of a former Minister of Works, Senator Segun Ogunlewe, and 55 others, both returning and new.
The peaceful and well-participated exercise, held at the State’s APC Secretariat, Acme Road, Ikeja, produced 55 chairmanship candidates, while councillorship polls were held in the 337 wards across the 57 councils of the state.
The delegates, agents and aspirants had stormed the venue as early as 7 am with accreditations commencing at 10 am, while election process commenced at 12.10 pm, under the close supervision of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, officials.
Before the primaries kicked off, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Hamzat, who addressed delegates, appealed for calm and cooperation with the electoral committee for a seamless and successful exercise.
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APC Electoral Committee Chairman, Babatunde Ogala, subsequently announced the consensus candidates while addressing delegates before the election proper.
The LCDAs with consensus candidates as announced include Iba LCDA, Mr. Isa Abiola Jubril; Oto Awori, Azeez Kareem; Ijede LCDA, Tunrayo Gbadebo; and Lekki LCDA, Rasak Kasali.
The APC electoral committee had, last week, cleared 432 chairmanship aspirants out of the 470 that submitted the nomination forms for the 20 LGAs and 37 LCDAs.
Earlier, delegates of no fewer than two LCDAs abstained due to unresolved internal crisis rocking the party within the councils. The affected areas include Lagos Mainland LG and Yaba LCDA.
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