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Four candidates from the Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, had earlier emerged through consensus from their various councils.

Among those who emerged after about five hours of voting amid tight security set up by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshoood Jimoh, include Usman Hamzat, sibling of the state’s deputy governor, Dr. Femi Hamzat, and Moyosore Ogunlewe, son of a former Minister of Works, Senator Segun Ogunlewe, and 55 others, both returning and new.

The peaceful and well-participated exercise, held at the State’s APC Secretariat, Acme Road, Ikeja, produced 55 chairmanship candidates, while councillorship polls were held in the 337 wards across the 57 councils of the state.

The delegates, agents and aspirants had stormed the venue as early as 7 am with accreditations commencing at 10 am, while election process commenced at 12.10 pm, under the close supervision of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, officials.

Before the primaries kicked off, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Hamzat, who addressed delegates, appealed for calm and cooperation with the electoral committee for a seamless and successful exercise.

APC Electoral Committee Chairman, Babatunde Ogala, subsequently announced the consensus candidates while addressing delegates before the election proper.

The LCDAs with consensus candidates as announced include Iba LCDA, Mr. Isa Abiola Jubril; Oto Awori, Azeez Kareem; Ijede LCDA, Tunrayo Gbadebo; and Lekki LCDA, Rasak Kasali.

The APC electoral committee had, last week, cleared 432 chairmanship aspirants out of the 470 that submitted the nomination forms for the 20 LGAs and 37 LCDAs.

Earlier, delegates of no fewer than two LCDAs abstained due to unresolved internal crisis rocking the party within the councils. The affected areas include Lagos Mainland LG and Yaba LCDA.

The withdrawal from Yaba LCDA came barely two days after youths, under the auspices of Concerned Youth of Yaba, rejected the alleged nomination of Joseph Ojo as the choice of the party.

After about five hours of voting, Ogala, who led the exercise at about 5.15pm, started announcing the results after sorting and counting of valid votes.

The following are the winners as of press time:

Usman Hamzat (Ifako/Ijaiye LCDA)
Hameed Olalekan Aroyewun (Igbogbo Baiyeku LCDA)
Oluyemisi Rosiji (Ojokoro LCDA)
Moyo Ogunlewe (Kosofe LCDA)
Olufemi Okeowo (Ifelodun LCDA)
Lekan Akindipe (Ajeromi-Ifelodun LGA)
Surulere LGA (Sulaimon Yusuf)
Coker Aguda LCDA (Ogidan Azeez)
Agboyi-Ketu LCDA (Tola Oyedele)
Ejigbo LCDA (Taiwo Taoheed)
Lagos Island East (Muibi Alade)
Amuwo Odofin (Sanusi Ismail)
Rufai Muyibat (Ojo LGA)
Lagos Island (Taiwo Oyekan)
Ikorodu North LCDA (Wale Amin)
Samsideen Agunbiade (Eti-Osa East)
Hunpe Babatunde (Badagry LGA)
Epe (Sura Olayemi Animashaun)
Isolo LCDA (Olasoju Adebayo)
Sesan Olowa (Ibeju Lekki LCDA)
Ikosi-Ejirin LCDA (Anamo Adewale)
Badagry West (Rauf Ibrahim)
Ikorodu LGA (Ladega Adedayo)
Oriade LCDA ( Olojede Rasaq)
Orile Agege (Abiodun Akinola)
Somolu (Ashimi Lateef)
Ikosi-Isheri LCDA (Bada Abolanle)
Oshodi-Isolo ( Kehinde Oloyede)
Imota LCDA (Benson Sunday)
Ikorodu West – Kazeem Sulaimon
Apapa (Sebanjo Idowu)
Olohunda LCDA – Ajose Peter
Eredo LCDA – Ismail Monsuru
Mosan Okunola – Akindele Adunni
Ayobo Ipaja – Agbaje Abiodun
Alimosho LGA (Ibrahim Akinpelu)
Apapa Iganmu – Jimoh Olawale
Bariga LGA – Bukola Omope
Mushin LGA – Tunbosun Aruwe
Ojodu LCDA – David Odunmbaku
Igando Ikotun – Lasisi Ayinde Akinsanya
Ikeja – Akeem Dauda
Onigbongbo LCDA -Moyo Adebanjo
Odi-Olowo Ojuwoye LCDA – Jakande Lawal
Ikoyi-Obalende – Bola Oladunjoye
Eti-Osa LGA – Adeola Omoba
Iru Victoria Island LCDA – Oluwakemi Aminat
Agege LGA: Babatunde Azeez
Itire -Ikate LCDA- Daniel Odunayo Oluwafemi
Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA- Ishola Jimoh Abiodun
Egbe-Idimu LCDA- Idris Balogun.

bennybuhari:
No wonder Hamzat was shouting that we want consensus. They keep sharing Lagos resources among themselves

bennybuhari:
No wonder Hamzat was shouting that we want consensus. They keep sharing Lagos resources among themselves

Tochi3:


..seyi Tinubu for Lagos State..

..awalokan..

iwaeda:
Deputy Governor whose late father was a king in Ogun. Coker, Fashola, Eshinloku, Esho lule ni Lagos Island, Nlfpmod.

RichBoy247:
We are replicating the same all over Nigeria since you people don’t vote wisely. Imagine voting for a 3rd Class Philosophy graduate turned Trader over a First Class Accounting graduate and former Chief Accountant/Treasurer of ExxonMobil Producing Unlimited.

Definitely you the masses cannot differentiate your left from right, so we will select candidates for you and impose them on you all over the 37 states of the country

iwaeda:
Awalokan.

ceejay80s:
Our state don reach 37 ?
I think say na 36
Na u create the state?

SmartPolician:
Please stop boring us with Lagos local news

masterflowx:
95% of them are Muslim.
I keep on saying it, Lagos is a Muslim state.
99.9% of Lagos White Cap chiefs are Muslim.

RichBoy247:
Supreme Court has declared Abuja as a State governed by an appointed governor

iwaeda:
Deputy Governor whose late father was a king in Ogun. Coker, Fashola, Eshinloku, Esho lule ni Lagos Island, Nlfpmod.

RichBoy247:
Yes, he is coming, get used to it. Theodore Orji was Abia governor for 8 wasted years. Today he is in the Senate representing the same people while his son is the State Assembly Deputy Speaker as his people are slaving in Lagos. That should be your worry

gammarays:
You mean not even a single councillor slot for their online miscreants? 🙄

It's foolish to take the jabs online for paltry sums while the main lucrative slots go to Dem Dem.

Families of politicians rewarded while the poor suffer themselves defending them at paltry sums 😔

What an Irony!

bennybuhari:
No wonder Hamzat was shouting that we want consensus. They keep sharing Lagos resources among themselves