The incumbent governor of
Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, is being challenged for the APC’s 2019 gubernatorial
ticket, by Jide Sanwo-Olu, who has the backing of the party’s national leader,
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The governorship primary of
the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is reportedly set to
be moved again, following the intervention of the national secretariat of the
ruling party, in the crisis rocking the chapter.
According to The Cable, the
exercise may be moved to Tuesday, October 2 or Wednesday, October 3, to allow
the national secretariat solve a number of issues in the state.
The primary had previously
been moved to Monday, October 1, in the hopes that a resolution could be found
for the crisis between Ambode and Tinubu.
Speaking on the alleged
postponement, a source in the party’s national exco reportedly stated: “For
instance, Ambode does not even have the new APC membership card.
“He cannot vote if the
primary holds on Monday. The producers of the card did not hand over the cards
to the national secretariat as expected but handed them directly to the Lagos
party exco.
“This has led to a lopsided
distribution that may impact on the final result.”
The distribution of the
membership cards is allegedly not in favour of Ambode, who launched an
astonishing attack against Sanwo-Olu on Sunday afternoon, September 30.
Comrade Adams Oshionhole,
the APC national chairman, is reportedly scheduled to arrive in Lagos state on
Monday, to personally ensure that the crisis is resolved.
The deadline for all
parties to nominate their governorship candidates is Sunday, October 7.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu purportedly endorsed Jide
Sanwo-Olu as governorship candidate of the APC in Lagos.
In a statement released on
Sunday, September 30, the former governor of Lagos state noted that the state
follows a blueprint which guided the success of his own administration and that
of his successor, Babatunde Fashola.
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