Lagos APC stakeholders demand vibrant legislative aspirants
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, among other party bigwigs, yesterday, assured members of the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the candidature of the deputy governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, is a done deal for the 2027 governorship election.

The party leaders, at various stops of Hamzat’s ongoing consultation visits, also enjoined members and Lagos residents to support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

Obasa, who received the deputy governor at his GRA residence in Ikeja, affirmed that Hamzat’s candidature “has been sealed.”

Obanikoro, while extolling Hamzat’s virtues, said any objective assessment of the deputy governor’s pedigree would show that Lagos State is set to be entrusted to a committed and competent technocrat.

However, participants of a two-day executive-legislative parley, yesterday, urged the party to endorse legislative aspirants who can articulate the plans of the APC at the state and national levels.

This was part of the communique issued at a three-day 19th Executive and Legislative Parley organised by the Office of Political, Legislative and Civic Engagement.

Participants at the event, including members of the Lagos State Executive Council, members of the National Assembly representing Lagos State, among others, resolved that the three arms of government should deepen their harmonious working relationship through collaboration, cooperation, coordination, communication and consensus.

former Lagos Central senator added that the state must not decline but continue to grow, expressing confidence that Hamzat’s leadership would sustain its upward trajectory.

In a similar vein, Senator Ganiyu Solomon appealed to residents of Mushin to turn out en masse on election day to vote for Tinubu, Hamzat and other APC candidates, urging Nigerians to disregard critics of the APC-led government.

Also, the Lagos APC Chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, while receiving Hamzat at the party’s secretariat in Ogba, reiterated the party’s backing for his aspiration.

Responding, Hamzat outlined his vision for the state, noting that Lagos remains too strategic to Nigeria’s development to fail.

Meanwhile, an aspirant for Oshodi-Isolo Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mayowa Israel Alakija, has urged Nigerians to support Tinubu’s re-election and sustain APC’s dominance at both federal and state levels in 2027.

Alakija, who has commenced consultations with party leaders and stakeholders across the constituency, said retaining the APC would guarantee continuity and enable Nigerians to reap the long-term benefits of ongoing reforms.