The crisis is brewed in the chapter of the LAGO Congress of All Progressives (APC) before the local government elections of July 12, because the candidates and party leaders at several local councils aroused an alarm over what they describe as attempts to impose candidates.
Naoted members and stakeholders from various areas of local government (LGA) and native council development areas (LCDA) accused the influential party leaders of undermining the bottom -up democracy by bypassing competitive basic basic in favor of candidates to select.
The Independent Electoral Commission in Lagos in April published a schedule of elections at 57 chairmen of the Council and 376 mandates of councilors in 20 LGA and 37 LCDA, because current officials are preparing to go to July.
Despite the party’s pursuit of a consensus candidacy in the original primary Saturday, several candidates said that this process led to the appearance of parallel candidates, causing tension in key advice.
In Ojokoro LCDA, the group under the advice of Apex Ojokoro showed three candidates for the presidency and approved Mobolaji Sanusi as a consensus candidate. His support was formalized in a letter signed by former members of the House of Representatives Ipaoola Omisore and Adisa Smunola and directed to the chairman of the APC state, Cornelius Ojelabi.
In the letter that contained the signatures of local party leaders, it was faster to counteract one other faction that produced Rosii Jemisi through a separate show. A member of this faction, to put it anonymously, claimed that “a foreigner supported by the State State of Assembly speaker, Mudasiru Obasa.”
The member warned: “Applying an outside person without electoral history in Ojokoro will turn around.”
Yaba LCDA also witnessed protests regarding alleged attempts to replace the popular aspirant Babatunde Ojo, which reportedly occupied the eleventh place in the internal study. William Babatunde, who reportedly won 85 percent, was supposedly moved to the side, despite the top of the list.
The coalition of concerned owners and political stakeholders at Yaba, headed by Amoo Ismail, turned to the first lady of Oluremi Tinubu and President Bol Tinubu to stop the tendency to impose.
“It’s just unfair … that one person still imposes a candidate for the chairman on us,” said the coalition. “We humbly begging your Excellency … considering the alternatives that serve the interests of the community.”
The midfielder of one aspirant claimed that the party leaders used the name of President Tinub to legitimize movements, telling men: “They falsely claim that the president issued directives. This is a lack of respect for someone who supports internal democracy.”
Opeyemi Ahmed, a media advisor to the outgoing president of Agboyi-Keta LCDA, Dele Osinowo, regretted the consensus method in the deleted post on Facebook, warning that he could threaten Tinubu’s possibilities in 2027.
“If a few write names at the top and call them a consensus at the bottom, Tinubu should be ready for loss in 2027” Ahmed warned.
The leaders of APC Fouad Oki, in an open letter entitled “The crisis of democracy of Lagos APC”, also warned against internal suppression.
“Lagos APC must choose democracy over clicks,” Oki wrote. “Unity carved under injustice is fragile. Let this opinion be a screaming scream … abandon the policy of imposing.”
Responding to the confusion, the promoting secretary of APC Lagos, Seye Oladjao, denied all offenses and insisted that no candidate be imposed, because this process was still pending.
“We didn’t summarize the basic process,” said Oladjo News Men. “In the event of a consensus, confirmation will take place; where it is not, delegates will decide.”
He added: “Nobody imposes anything … we cultivate internal democracy. The party’s constitution recognizes consensus.”
Oladjao said that the consensus model historically helped the party manage rainfall after the premiere and guaranteed that disputes could be resolved through internal mechanisms.
“We solve all gray areas. As always, the party will manage her home,” he concluded.
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