APC primary dispute: Lagos lawmaker Apata appeals to Tinubu over denied ticket

The subordinate representing Somolu Constituency II successful the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Samuel Apata, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene successful the contention surrounding the result of the All Progressives Congress, APC, superior election, insisting that helium was denied the party’s instrumentality summons contempt emerging victorious astatine the poll.

Speaking during an interrogation successful Lagos on Wednesday, Apata maintained that helium won the superior predetermination by a important borderline but was not recognised arsenic the party’s campaigner for the 2027 election.

The lawmaker expressed assurance that President Tinubu would guarantee justness prevailed, describing himself arsenic a loyal APC subordinate who remains committed to the party’s ideals and principles.

According to him, the result announced aft the superior did not bespeak the votes formed by enactment members during the exercise.

“I contested for the second-term summons and won convincingly with 9,081 votes. It is unfortunate that idiosyncratic who came a distant third, with lone 677 votes, was yet declared the candidate.

“I judge successful enactment supremacy and owed process. Personally, I americium grateful to President Bola Tinubu for providing america with this ...