Breaking: APC National Working Committee panel cancels ongoing primary election in Lagos

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) said on Tuesday evening that there was no primary election conducted in Lagos state, Premium Times. It was gathered that the panel said it had not sent anyone to the local governments to screen the primaries. As results of the voting had been announced at several wards in the state, the panel urged the public to disregard such announcements

It was earlier described that the chairman of the Lagos governorship electoral panel, Chief Clement Ebri, on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, allegedly said accreditation and voting were yet to begin at the various centres. This is as various news sites including the electronic media carried clips of the exercise and interviewed critical stakeholders and one of the aspirants. The electoral panel said the election had not started as at 1pm.

The panel, in a statement, urged the public to be heedful of the reports that is going around. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who arrived his ward in the Alausa area of the state earlier, said the party had decided against Ambode. He noted that he brought Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to the party and assisted him to become governor. He, however, said the situation was now beyond him.

It was earlier reported that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, said that though Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has done well in office, he has not been a good party man. It was gathered that for this reason, Tinubu said, the APC has decided to withdraw support for the governor who wished to go for a second term.

It was also reported on on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, that APC members in Badagry, disagreed on use of party slip by members to vote for the governorship primary. The APC members trooped out as early as 8:30am to participate in the direct primary election adopted by the party in the State.