The Chairman of the 2026 All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly Primary Election Committee for Lagos State, Saleh Yipmong, has applauded members for peaceful affirmation of the three Lagos State senatorial consensus candidates for 2027.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the party had sole candidate in each of the state’s three Senatorial Districts.
They are Senators Idiat Adebule (Lagos West), Wasiu Sanni-Eshinlokun (Lagos Central) and Tokunbo Abiru (Lagos East).
They were affirmed during the party’s Senate primaries.
Speaking at Awori College in Ojo Local Government Area, one of the venues for the primaries in the Lagos West Senatorial District, Yipmong commended party faithful in Lagos West Senatorial District for maintaining orderliness and cooperating.
He said the committee was delegated by the party’s national headquarters to supervise the exercise.
He told party members that the affirmation process must reflect their free choice and democratic consent.
“I want to believe as you have gathered here, nobody coerced you into this affirmation or to vote for a particular candidate,” he said.
The chairman, thereafter, asked party members if they truly consented to the affirmation of a former Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, as candidate for Lagos West Senatorial District.
The crowd responded in affirmation, signalling support for Adebule to emerge as the APC senatorial candidate for the 2027 general election.
Also speaking at the Lagos City Centre, Lagos Island, the Collation Centre of the primaries in the Lagos Central Senatorial District, Yipmong commended the party faithful for being orderly and peaceful.
He said: “We are on a fact-finding mission.
“We came here to see for ourselves whenever the conduct of the exercise was going in the direction they are to go.
“We are happy this exercise is going on well.
“Lagos is a place of pride and it must continue to show direction.”
Commending the transparent manner of the exercise, the chairman urged party members and officials to follow the law and guidelines to the end.
Speaking at the APC Secretariat in Somolu Local Government Area, the Collation Centre for the primary in the Lagos East Senatorial, also commended party leaders and members for showing high level of support and cooperation
Earlier at one of the voting centres in Lagos West, the State APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, praised members and leaders for displaying maturity throughout the exercise.
Ojelabi said: “We are delighted with what we have seen and appreciate the peaceful manner exhibited in affirming the candidature of Dr. Adebule.
“This is not by coercion.
