Era of Party Primaries: Akinwunmi Ambode wins Lagos APC governorship primaries

Akinwunmi Ambode, the man widely believed to have been anointed by Bola Tinubu, a former Lagos governor and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress [APC], has defeated his 12 challengers for the APC governorship ticket in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, by a landslide.
 
About 5,700 delegates from 20 local government areas cast their votes for the 13 candidates who sought the ticket of the party.
 
Mr. Akinwunmi polled 3,735 votes to emerge the party’s flag bearer at next year’s general election.
 
Obafemi Hamzat took the second position with 1,201 votes.
 
Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, came a distant third with 182 votes.
 
During vote counting, the moment Mr. Ambode’s tally overtook that of Mr. Hamzat, the people in the VIP section of Onikan Stadium, jumped and cheered in jubilation. Mr. Ambode, who had been seated  through the night, sat quietly and savoured the moment.
 
13 aspirants participated in the party’s governorship ticket, but by the time the final result was announced, Mr. Ambode, the eventual winner, was the only one left at the venue.
 
The other 12 candidates had left by Thursday evening.

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All Progressives Congress (APC) leader and former Governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday urged the state’s governorship aspirants to accept the outcome of the primaries.
 
He made the appeal in his goodwill message during the party’s delegates primary to elect the standard bearer in the forthcoming election.
 

Tinubu noted that the way the aspirants conduct themselves after yesterday’s primary will be a reflection of what Lagos represents to all Nigerians: a model of democracy, a symbol of peace and cohesion.
 
“I urge us all to comport ourselves in a brotherly manner and with a democratic spirit. And to accept the result of the primary as the choice of our party that we may move forward to protect the Lagos we have jointly built and to continue the progress we jointly seek.
 
“Please reflect on what is good for Lagos. Our enemy is lying in wait, expecting us to fall apart and come against each other. You are 12 aspirants and like the 12 tribes of Isreal you have some differences but you must remain one and united.

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