The Electoral Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the July 12 council election has approved names of 432 chairmanship aspirants for primaries.
Ahead of the election into the 57 local government and council development areas in Lagos state slated for July 12, 2025, the party conducted screening exercises for aspirants at the party’s Secretariat, Acme Road, Ogba, between Tuesday, April 29 and Friday, May 3 supervised by the former National Legal Adviser of the party and one time member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Babatunde Ogala as the chairman of the electoral committee and Babarinde Nurudeen, as the Secretary.
The committee at the end of its exercise, said out of the 470 aspirants screened, 432 were cleared to contest in the primary elections, while 38 were disqualified or voluntarily withdrew from the race.
The composition of the approved aspirants shows that 411 were male and 59 female, reflecting the gender sensitivity of the party as well as increasing female inclusion in local politics.
Among those who voluntarily withdrew was Abdul-Ganiyu Obasa, son of the Lagos Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, who was asked to step down by President Bola Tinubu, the National leader of the party.
According to the committee, some of the reasons for disqualification of some aspirants include lack of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), missing APC membership cards, and falsified secondary school certificates.
However, disqualified aspirants have been given the opportunity to file an appeal between Sunday, May 4 and Monday, May 5 before the appeal committee.
