Obasa-backed candidates win Lagos APC assembly tickets

Key Takeaways

• ” Both candidates had earlier emerged as consensus aspirants during a caucus meeting of the party presided over by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa The immediate past Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government Area, High Chief Ganiyu Egunjobi, and Azeez Ninalowo have emerged winners of the Lagos All Progressives Congress House of Assembly primaries for Agege Constituencies I and II respectively.
• The primaries were held on Wednesday across the wards in Agege amid heavy participation by party faithful and stakeholders.He said, “At the end of the exercise, Egunjobi polled 10, 126 while Ninalowo had 12, 455 votes to emerge winners for the primary contest for Agege Constituencies I and II respectively.
• ” Both candidates had earlier emerged as consensus aspirants during a caucus meeting of the party presided over by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Tuesday.Sulyman also said ‘Party sources said the Speaker’s endorsement significantly influenced delegates’ voting decisions and boosted confidence in the candidacies of Egunjobi and Ninalowo.