After days of eleventh-hour postponements, the primaries finally opened at different ward units across the state. The aspirants field was streamlined some weeks ago, leaving the race for Mr Ambode and Jide Sanwo-Olu, a former commissioner who recently emerged the favourite over the incumbent.

The APC adopted a direct primaries method in Lagos State, which means all registered party members are eligible to vote to elect their governorship candidate. Members were already seen at the venues at about 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Mr Ambode’s loyalists started pushing out allegations that police officers and political thugs have taken over some venues to deprive the governor a chance in the race.

Fouad Oki, a factional leader of APC in Lagos, told PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday afternoon that potential voters of Mr Ambode are being disenfranchised on the basis of their voting credentials, a development he said could compel him and other loyalists of the governor to polarise the exercise.

“Go to Alimosho now, people are not being allowed to vote because they have no electronic card,” Mr Oki said. “Our demand has been that the party’s register must be used and any member who has the registration slip should be allowed to take part in the primaries.”

He accused Tunde Balogun, the Lagos APC chairman of being used by Mr Tinubu to derail the exercise, warning that if members with only party slips, most of whom he said are potential voters of Mr Ambode, are not.....CONTINUE https://janefblog.com/4020-2-our-members-were-bastardised-victimised-and-vandalised-ambodes-supporters-allege-disenfranchisement-threaten-parallel-primaries/

Hehehehe hope ambode is not trying to shake any table. Am waiting to see his reaction after the outcome of the result.

Ambode is now a man.