HAMZAT, YAYI, SHARAFADEEN may emerge APC consensus gov candidates | Southwest First Alert Magazine
The APC is reportedly moving toward a consensus arrangement for the 2027 governorship race, eyeing Obafemi Hamzat for Lagos, Sen. Olamilakan Solomon Yayi for Ogun, and Sen. Sharafadeen Alli for Oyo.....
Similarly, the party stakeholders are said to also favour the senator representing Ogun West and Chairman, Senate Appropriations Committee, Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, for Ogun State, and the senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Sharafadeen Alli, for Oyo State.
The purported decisions emerged from a meeting of APC stakeholders from the three states with President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Sunday night.
Tinubu had hosted Vice President Kashim Shettima and 23 governors at his Lagos home for the Eid el-Fitr celebrations and sources with knowledge of the matter told The Journalists that the President and party stakeholders from Lagos, Ogun and Oyo held another meeting to take critical decisions ahead of next year’s general elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has scheduled the Presidential and National Assembly elections for January 16, 2027, and the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections for February 6, 2027.
In its release timetable, INEC stated that political parties were expected to conduct their primaries between April and May 2026, with candidates emerging by the end of May.
The Electoral Act 2026 (amended) provides that candidates of political parties may be selected either through a consensus arrangement or direct primaries.
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