Amid hitches here and there, the main opposition All
Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, held governorship primaries across the
country to pick its governorship candidates in 31 states where governorship
elections will hold next year.
In Lagos, at the end of the elections which was concluded this
morning, a former Accountant General of the state, Akinwumi Ambode, a favoured
candidate of APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu won convincingly as he
polled 3,735 votes out of 5816 vote cast to defeat 11 other aspirants.
Ambode defeated 11 other aspirants including the incumbent
Speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, a former Commissioner
for Health, Dr. Leke Pitan, a former Attorney General of Lagos, Supo Shasore whom many believed was favoured by
Governor Babatunde Fashola, and a former Commissioner for Works, Dr. Obafemi
Hamzat and others.
