The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has declared his interest in contesting the Agege House of Representatives seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that Obasa made the declaration on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ meeting held in Agege, Lagos, ahead of the party’s primaries for the 2027 election.
According to him, leaders of the APC in Agege had urged him to contest for the National Assembly position.
Speaking at the meeting, the Speaker also called on party members and stakeholders to support the aspiration of the immediate past Chairman of Agege Local Government Council, Ganiyu Egunjobi, who is seeking to represent Agege Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
He equally endorsed Azeez Oladapo Yusuf Ninolowo for Agege Constituency II in the state assembly.
The declaration adds to the growing political activities in Agege ahead of the APC primaries, with several aspirants intensifying consultations and mobilising supporters across the constituency.
In other news, the Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expelled 30 of its members who dragged the party to court.
The decision was taken at a state executive meeting of the party presided over by the deputy chairman, Hon. J. C Okeke, in Awka, the state capital.
According to the state publicity secretary of the party, Dr Valentine Oliobi, who briefed reporters after the meeting, the decision to expel the agrieved members aligns with Article 21, subsection 5 of the APC constitution.
He disclosed that some of the people who took the party to court were aspiring to the House of Representatives and had even obtained the party’s nomination forms.
Oliobi added that the party also ratified the election and disciplinary committees for the chapter.