Lagos 2027: Agege APC leaders protest in Abuja, reject assembly primary outcome

Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State on Friday took their protestation to the party’s nationalist office successful Abuja, challenging the result of the party’s superior predetermination for Agege Constituency I up of the 2027 elections.

The group, led by Johnson Kolawole, alleged that the results of the May 20, 2026, superior predetermination were altered to the detriment of Egunjobi Ganiyu Kola, whom they claimed emerged victorious successful the workout but was subsequently denied designation arsenic the party’s candidate.

Addressing journalists aft submitting a petition to the enactment leadership, the protesters called connected the APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, and members of the National Working Committee, NWC, to reappraisal the result of the primary.

Kolawole said the delegation comprised the chairmen and secretaries of the 5 wards that marque up Agege Constituency I, arsenic good arsenic the APC president and caput successful the section government.

According to him, results collated from the superior predetermination showed that Egunjobi secured 9,132 votes retired of the 10,126 votes formed crossed the constituency’s 5 wards. He added that different aspirant, Oladipo Tunde Shola, polled 560 votes, portion Oluwagbenga Michael Abiola received 434 votes.

The protesters maintained that Egunjobi was duly screened, cleared to contest, and officially declared the victor by the retu...