Cede Presidential Ticket To Southwest, Sanwo-Olu Urges APC Stakeholders
Akin Olayemi
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to cede the party’s presidential ticket to the South-West.
The governor made the call during his submission of his nomination forms at the International Conference Centre, ICC, Abuja on Tuesday.
Speaking on the recent meeting of South-West APC leaders with some presidential aspirants from the zone, he said, “The objective of the meeting was achieved. We needed to have ourselves in the room, lock up ourselves and have frank conversations, which were exactly what we did.
Are we going to have further conversation with the leadership? Yes, I believe so. So, we are not fed up, we were sincere with ourselves and we hope that in future engagements, all the aspirations we have in our region will come to pass.”
The Southwest APC leaders and elders met with presidential aspirants from the region at the Lagos House, Marina.
The meeting which was at the instance of the former Interim National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande and former Governor of Ogun state, Aremo Olusegun Osoba had in attendance APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Kayode Fayemi, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor Dapo Abiodun, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
Others include, Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, APC National Secretary, Sen. Iyiola Omisore, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun.
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