Lagos APC receives over 100 petitions challenging LG primary

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The Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State has received over 100 petitions from aggrieved aspirants for the local government chairmanship and councillorship positions.

The aggrieved aspirants of the party, spread across the 57 local councils in Lagos, are challenging the outcome of the primaries conducted by the party last Saturday that produced candidates for the chairmanship and councillorship seats for the upcoming July 12 local government elections.

The PUNCH reports that since the primary election held at the party’s secretariat on ACME Road, to produce candidates through indirect election and consensus for the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas, protests have trailed the results.

On Tuesday, hundreds of aggrieved APC members trooped out in Agege, Ikeja, Somolu, and other areas in Lagos to reject the results of the primaries, accusing some leaders of the party of imposing candidates.

The party had on Monday set up the appeal committee led by the Attorney General of Lagos State and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro (SAN), to look into the concerns of the aggrieved members.

On Wednesday, The PUNCH gathered that the panel had received petitions from 45 chairmanship aspirants and 59 councillorship aspirants spread across the various local council areas.

The spokesperson for the Lagos APC, Oluseye Oladejo, confirmed this to our correspondent in an exclusive chat.

The party has received “45 chairmanship petitions and 59 councillorship petitions,” he stated.

“The committee will conclude its assignment this week,” the party’s image maker added.

The appeal panel had set 12 pm on Tuesday as the deadline for the submission of petitions by aggrieved aspirants.