2027: Six Sanwo-Olu aides set to resign

Ahead of the 2027 wide elections, six elder officials successful the Lagos State Government are preparing to measurement down from their positions to prosecute elective offices.

The aides, who presently service arsenic commissioners, peculiar advisers, and elder assistants nether Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, are seeking to contention connected the level of the All Progressives Congress for seats successful the House of Representatives and the Lagos State House of Assembly.

Their aspirations are tied to the party’s superior elections scheduled to instrumentality spot betwixt April 23 and May 30, 2026.

Among those who person openly declared their ambitions are Kayode Roberts, Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, who is eyeing the Ojo Federal Constituency seat; Sola Giwa, Special Adviser connected Transportation, contesting for Lagos Island II Federal Constituency; and Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, Special Adviser connected Housing, who is seeking predetermination into the Surulere I State Assembly.

Others see Babajide Obanikoro, Special Adviser connected Parastatals Monitoring, contesting for Lagos Island I Federal Constituency; Lekan Balogun, Special Adviser connected Economic Planning and Budget, targeting the Apapa Federal Constituency; and Damilola Ayinde-Marshall, Senior Special Assistant connected Tourism, who has declared for the Surulere II State A...