Just in: Lagos APC unveils Sanwo-Olu's running mate

04.11.2018 21:50

- Obafemi Hamzat was unveiled by state party leaders at the APC secretariat in Lagos

- Hamzat was a governorship aspirant in the direct method primary but stepped in the interest of the party

- He will be Lagos state's new deputy governor if Sanwo-Olu wins the governorship election in 2019

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos state chapter, has picked a former Commissioner for Works in the state, Femi Hamzat as the running mate to its governorship candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Punch reports that the state party leaders officially unveiled and presented Hamzat as Sanwo-Olu’s running mate on Sunday, November 4 at the party secretariat.

Legit.ng recalls that during the keenly-contested Lagos governorship primaries, Hamzat, a leading aspirant, stepped down for Sanwo-Olu in the direct primary that held on Sunday, September 30 across the state.

While announcing his decision to step down, Hamzat had enjoined all his supporters to work for Sanwo-Olu, saying the decision is in the collective interest of the party.

The governorship primary ended up being a straight fight between the incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Governor Ambode lost the primary to Sanwo-Olu, who will now represent the APC against parties like the Peoples Democratic Party and a host of others in the elections in 2019.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported recently that Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday, October 23, said he would lead a strong campaign to ensure victory for President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC governorship candidate in the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the 2019 general elections.

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Governor Ambode, who spoke to journalists at the presidential wing of the Muritala Mohammed International Airport shortly after he accompanied President Buhari to perform the official commissioning of the new Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Border Posts at Seme-Krake joint border post in Badagry, said it was important for the APC to retain its leadership positions both in the federal and the state level.

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