APC Lagos Guber Race: Sanwo-Olu announce emerge winner, Oshiomhole consults Buhari, overrules NWC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole has snubbed the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) led by Clement Ebri on the nullification of the governorship primaries held on Tuesday in Lagos state.

The APC national chairman said the decision to uphold the primaries became imperative after consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.

Oshiomhole’s decision has effectively foreclosed the holding of a fresh primary in the state on Wednesday as announced by the chairman of the NWC on Lagos governorship primaries, Chief Clement Ebri.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of Tuesday’s governorship primary.

Sanwo-Olu

This was contrary to the position of the Clement Ebri-led National Working Committee appointed electoral panel, which had earlier nullified the election.

Ebri had said that the primary would be rescheduled as the state chapter has no power to conduct the party governorship primary election on its own.

However, the Lagos State Chairman of the party, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, announced Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the primary.

Announcing the results to newsmen in Ikeja, Balogun said that Sanwo-Olu polled 970, 851 votes to defeat Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, who polled 72, 901 votes.

The announcement was in contrast of the pronouncement of the electoral panel which had declared that election did not hold in Lagos.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that both parties had on Monday, at a meeting, disagreed on the pattern of primary to adopt without reaching a consensus.