The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been declared the winner of the gubernatorial ticket for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Sanwo-Olu was the only aspirant cleared by the party’s electoral committee to contest the primaries.
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The two others, Wale Oluwo and Abdul-Ahmed Mustapha, were disqualified by the panel without reasons.
At the end of voting, Sanwo-Olu polled 1,170 votes to emerge the winner of the primaries, which was conducted at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium in Onikan, Lagos.
Meanwhile, about 1,225 delegates were expected to cast their votes in the exercise and 1,198 were accredited.
In Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun won by 1,168 votes to defeat five other aspirants.
However, two of the aspirants, Adekunle Akinlade and Biyi Otegbeye, had rejected the chairmanship of the election committee and passed a vote of no confidence on the Chairman of the governorship election primaries, Wale Ohu.
The aspirants, in a jointly signed press statement, also expressed reservations on the delegate list used for the exercise held at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abeokuta, the state capital
In Abia State, Chief Ikechi Emenike emerged the winner in the primary.
Emenike, an economist, is the Chairman and Chief Executive of Development Resources Limited.
He polled 672 votes to defeat others in the race.
Ahead of the primaries, Emenike was jostling for the APC’s governorship ticket in the state with six other aspirants.
However, three of the aspirants walked out of the venue of the primaries on Thursday. They based their walkout on the decision to use indirect process for the primary.
Former national caretaker of the APC, Mai Mala Buni, came up trumps in Yobe as he seeks re-election.
Buni was declared winner of the primary after scoring 805 out of the total votes of 890.
