Hamzat Wins APC Lagos Governorship Primary with 657,917 Votes

Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has been selected as the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State ahead of the 2027 election. The selection occurred through a direct primary election held across the state's 377 wards on Thursday.

Hamzat was declared the winner by the APC's national governorship primary election committee at the party's secretariat in Ikeja. The committee chairman, Jon Temlong, announced that Hamzat received 657,917 votes out of 657,974 total votes cast. His sole challenger, Lanre JimKamal, received one vote. Another aspirant, Samuel Ajose, withdrew from the race prior to the vote. Temlong described the exercise as peaceful and transparent.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who participated in the voting at his ward on Lagos Island alongside his wife, commended the process. He stated that the direct primary allowed grassroots party members to freely choose their candidate and reflected the party's commitment to internal democracy. Sanwo-Olu publicly expressed his support for Hamzat, describing him as experienced and competent to sustain the state's developmental progress.

In his acceptance speech, Hamzat thanked party leaders, including...