Lagos APC defies NWC, declares Sanwo-Olu governorship candidate
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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 own2 breaking news2 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the announcement was in contrast of the pronouncement of the electoral panel which had declared that election did not hold in lagos2 nan reports that both parties had on monday at a meeting disagreed on the pattern of primary to adopt without reaching a consensus2 balogun thanked party members for coming out en masse to participate in the primary saying that their participation reflected their belief in democracy2 i am aware that conflicting information has been circulating on our primary election but i must tell you that the election was held and it was free and fair2 it would be very painful to disenfranchise the over 1.5 million members who voted across the 245 wards in the state2 at the end of the exercise mr babajide sanwo-olu polled 970 851 votes and gov. akinwunmi ambode scored 72 901 votes.with this mr babajide is declared winner2 i thank party members for participating in the election and their dedication to democracy he said2 apc lagos state @apclagos1 this was contrary to the position of the clement ebri-led national working committee appointed electoral panel which had earlier nullified the election that produced sanwo-olu as winner1 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 votes1 however the lagos state chairman of the party alhaji tunde balogun announced sanwo-olu as the winner of the primary1 watch the declaration here1 the lagos state chapter of the all progressives congress apc has declared mr babajide sanwo-olu as winner of tuesdays governorship primary1 the state party cbairman hon tunde balogun announced at the state party secretariat acme just now the results as follows1 akinwunmi ambode 729011 babajide sanwo olu9708511 babajide sanwo olu emerged as the party candidate1 meanwhile the national leadership of apc said it had postponed the governorship primary in lagos state indefinitely to douse tension generated within the party in the state1