APC Leaders Sign Hamzat’s Governorship Nomination Form As Jandor Withdraws From Race

Leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State have endorsed the nomination form of the deputy governor and APC governorship consensus candidate, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, ahead of the party’s primaries for the 2027 governorship elections.

The nomination form was signed by 120 bonafide leaders and members of the ruling party across the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas (LCDA) of Lagos State.

Those who signed the form on Wednesday and Thursday were members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), local government chairmen, former and current public officeholders, state and local government party executives, and party members across Lagos State.

While signing the form as required by the APC guidelines, the leaders and members expressed confidence in the deputy governor’s candidature and promised to support him.

All indications point to Hamzat as the consensus candidate for the APC governorship primary election in Lagos next month. He has already been endorsed by President Bola Tinubu, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and members of the Governance Advisory Council, as well as party leaders in different parts of Lagos State.

The Deputy Governor’s aspiration ahead of next month’s gubernatorial primary received a major boost on Thursday, as another APC aspirant, Dr Olajide Adeniran, popularly known as Jandor, stepped down in his favour. Former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode also congratulated the Deputy Governor on his emergence as the APC consensus candidate.

Adeniran withdrew from the race barely twenty hours after obtaining the nomination form and expression of interest form for the Lagos State governorship race on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

Meanwhile, former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, who was nursing the ambition to contest the governorship seat for a second term, has congratulated the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat, on his emergence as the consensus governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a statement signed by him, Ambode described Hamzat’s emergence as a reflection of his loyalty, dedication and longstanding commitment to the ideals of the ruling party.