The decision of the Lagos APC was announced by the party
chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojebabi, during a meeting organised for party
chieftains and delegates at the Lagos Governor’s Lodge, Abuja by Governor
Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The dinner was attended by Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Dr.
Obafemi Hamzat; Ojelabi; members of the Governance Advisory Council, the apex
leadership body of Lagos APC; members of National Assembly from Lagos State;
Lagos State House of Assembly members; State Executive Council members and
Chairmen of the Local Governments in Lagos State, among others.
Speaking during the dinner, Governor Sanwo-Olu, who
commended all the party leaders and delegates for travelling from Lagos to
Abuja to participate in the APC national convention, expressed his support for
Israel and Ibirogba as chosen by the party to represent Lagos in the National
Working Committee as well as the South West level of the APC.
“They have shown our two candidates that we are bringing
forward; the National Youth Leader, Dayo Isreal from Lagos Island in Lagos
Central, and Lateef Ibirogba from Alimosho in Lagos West. We are sure that they
will represent us very well,” he was quoted as saying in a statement.
Ojelabi commended the governor for putting together the
dinner and his contribution to the progress of the party. He also commended the
delegates for travelling from Lagos for the convention.
The APC chairman implored the delegates to work for the
emergence of Dayo Israel and Lateef Ibirogba as National Youth Leader and
South-West Zonal Organising Secretary Organising respectively.
He said, “We are determined to have a successful National
Convention to put in place a democratically elected National Working Committee
of APC for the next four years. The Unity List would be provided as we proceed
to the venue of the convention.
“We have our person who is going to represent the good
people of Lagos State in the National Working Committee. We are presenting
someone who is going to galvanise to ensure that the youths vote for our party
in Lagos State and at the national level during the 2023 general elections. He
is Dayo Isreal. We are presenting him as the National Youth Leader. I want you
all to canvass for him. He is a dynamic youth, who knows what it takes to
mobilise and galvanise the youths to support our party.
“I also want to present to you the Zonal Organising
Secretary, who is going to represent all of us at the South-West level. I have
the honor to introduce Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, who will be contesting for the post
of Zonal Organising Secretary.”
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