JUST IN: Lagos Assembly members endorse Sanwo-olu

Ahead of tomorrow’s governorship election primaries of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, 36 members of the Lagos
State House of Assembly, including the speaker, Rt.Hon. Mudashiru
Obasa, have backed the aspiration of Mr. Jide Sanwo-olu.

The lawmakers decided to pitch tent with Sanwo-olu ahead of
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who is having a running battle with the
state leadership of the party over his second term bid.

The meeting was presided over by the Speaker of the House,
Obasa. Out of the 40 members of the House, 36 were present at the
meeting and all of them endorsed the decision and duly signed the
statement announcing the decision.

Meanwhile, Obafemi Hamzat, a Lagos state governorship aspirant
under the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stepped down for Jide
Sanwoolu.