Lagos APC gov primary enters second day

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The controversy surrounding the primary to select the
governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress
in Lagos State appears unending as the election has
stretched to the second day.
The primary, where the former Lagos State Accountant
General, Akin Ambode, is said to be ahead of 11 other
aspirants, started on Thursday at Onikan Stadium with
6,000 delegates scheduled to vote.
Our correspondent reports that while the result and who
wins the primary are not in doubt, counting of votes was
still in progress as of 8am on Friday with the counting of
Ambode’s votes.
From the number of votes counted as of 8am on Friday,
former Commissioner for Works, Dr Obafemi Hamzat,
scored 1,201 votes to place second while Senator Ganiyu
Solomon got 272 votes to place third.
Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Adeyemi
Ikuforiji, scored 182 votes to occupy the fourth spot.
Ambode, whose votes are currently being counted, could
score about 5,700 votes to record a landslide victory.
Details later…