The Lagos State Governorship Primary Election Committee of
the All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, barred one of the aspirants from
the venue of the primary at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly Onikan
Stadium, Lagos Island.
Our correspondent learnt that the committee prevented one of
the contenders of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Abdul-Ahmed Mustapha, from the
venue.
Mustapha, a former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy
and Minerals Resources in Lagos, resigned 14 months ago and had picked up the
N50m governorship form of the party.
It was gathered that the committee chaired by a former
deputy governor of Borno State, Shettima Yuguda, claimed that Mustapha was not
cleared by the screening committee of the party.
However, the aspirant said that he was in Abuja
two weeks ago for the screening though the result was not announced.
He said the Secretary of the primary election committee,
Bashir Mohammed, turned him back on Thursday, saying that he was not cleared
and as such cannot be given accreditation access to the venue.
Mustapha said, “We were told that we were not cleared by the
leadership of the party and as such, they only gave accreditation tags to those
that were cleared.
“We went to Abuja for clearance two weeks ago. The results
of the clearance were not communicated to us.
“We went to the APC state secretariat at Acme Road yesterday
(Wednesday), we tried to get our accreditation tags but we were not given. We
were there till 7am this morning before going to the venue of the primary.”
Efforts to reach Yuguda, Mohammed and another member of the
committee, Tilewa Sijuade, proved abortive as of press time as calls to their
lines rang out.
Also, APC chairman for Lagos, Cornelius Ojelabi, did not
take his calls as of press time.
Sanwo-Olu, the anointed aspirant of APC leader, Bola Tinubu,
is seeking re-election. He is in the race with Mustapha; and Wale Oluwo, a
former Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources in Lagos who is also an
ally of ex-governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
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