After several months of politicking and alleged favouritism from powerful forces in the party, former accountant general of Lagos finally emerged as the candidate of the All Progressive Congress. He beat 12 others in a seemingly one sided primary election to be declared winner.
Akinwunmi Ambode early Friday morning emerged as the candidate after an overwhelming victory. The other aspirants including the Speaker of the House of Assembly; Rt. Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Commissioner for Works; Dr. Kadir Hamzat, former Attorney-General of the state; Supo Sasore (SAN), Ex-Commisioner for Health; Dr. Leke Pitan, Senator Ganiu Solomon, Tayo Ayinde, Dr. Tola Kasali, Tokunbo Wahab and others had earlier staged a walk out during the course of the primaries after indications it wasn't going to be favorable to them.
In the final result, Akinwunmi Ambode polled 3780 to win while Kadir Hamzat came second with a total of 1,201 votes.
Others are Ganiu Solomon - 272
Adeyemi Ikuforiji - 182
Supo Shasore - 121
Dr. Leke Pitan - 112
Tola Kasali - 69
Tayo Ayinde - 17
Adekunle Disu - 9
Tokunbo Wahab - 7
It is further being rumoured that the party in the state might be faced with fresh political crisis as there are unconfirmed news of a mass defection from the party by the aggrieved aspirants and their supporters but observers say it is only "a storm in a tea cup" as the party leadership would soon sort things.
Speaking with reporters, a seasoned politician in Lagos who doesn't want his name mentioned disclosed that "this is not the first time our party would have this king of issue. You would remember that when our leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu selected the incumbent ahead of the 2007 election, this was how the others (more than 13 of them) also threatened to quit the party. Although some of them did but they returned begging so I don't think they would want to do the same mistake again."
However it was gathered that most of the aggrieved aspirants are really bent on taking drastic measures to express their dissatisfaction.
The party leader, Asiwaju Tinubu was however suspiciously absent from Thursday's election as well as the state Governor, Barr. Babatunde Raji Fashola.
Akinwunmi Ambode early Friday morning emerged as the candidate after an overwhelming victory. The other aspirants including the Speaker of the House of Assembly; Rt. Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Commissioner for Works; Dr. Kadir Hamzat, former Attorney-General of the state; Supo Sasore (SAN), Ex-Commisioner for Health; Dr. Leke Pitan, Senator Ganiu Solomon, Tayo Ayinde, Dr. Tola Kasali, Tokunbo Wahab and others had earlier staged a walk out during the course of the primaries after indications it wasn't going to be favorable to them.
In the final result, Akinwunmi Ambode polled 3780 to win while Kadir Hamzat came second with a total of 1,201 votes.
Others are Ganiu Solomon - 272
Adeyemi Ikuforiji - 182
Supo Shasore - 121
Dr. Leke Pitan - 112
Tola Kasali - 69
Tayo Ayinde - 17
Adekunle Disu - 9
Tokunbo Wahab - 7
It is further being rumoured that the party in the state might be faced with fresh political crisis as there are unconfirmed news of a mass defection from the party by the aggrieved aspirants and their supporters but observers say it is only "a storm in a tea cup" as the party leadership would soon sort things.
Speaking with reporters, a seasoned politician in Lagos who doesn't want his name mentioned disclosed that "this is not the first time our party would have this king of issue. You would remember that when our leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu selected the incumbent ahead of the 2007 election, this was how the others (more than 13 of them) also threatened to quit the party. Although some of them did but they returned begging so I don't think they would want to do the same mistake again."
However it was gathered that most of the aggrieved aspirants are really bent on taking drastic measures to express their dissatisfaction.
The party leader, Asiwaju Tinubu was however suspiciously absent from Thursday's election as well as the state Governor, Barr. Babatunde Raji Fashola.
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