Lagos East Senatorial Aspirants Withdraw from Race, Endorse Abiru - THISDAYLIVE

All aspirants seeking senatorial nomination in Lagos East on the platform of All Progressives Congress have withdrawn from the race to back the former Group Managing Director, Polaris Bank Limited, Mr. Tokunbo Abiru.

In their separate accounts yesterday, the aspirants agreed to support Abiru’s senatorial aspiration due to what they ascribed to the need for the APC to conduct a direct primary election free of acrimony and ensure harmony among all that aspirants that indicated interest in the senatorial seat. Apart from the aspirants that supported his senatorial nomination, Abiru has secured the support of Governance Advisory Council , the party’s most powerful structure in the state, ahead of the direct primary election.

At a consultation meeting with the lawmakers on Tuesday, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, assured Abiru that all members of the assembly would deploy their campaign structure to canvass votes for the senatorial aspirant. “Let us focus on the election proper. It is not just your election, but also our election. It is our election because whatever the outcome, it will have implications on all of us, our party in Lagos and what will happens in 2023 general elections. For us, we have no other choice than to support your aspiration.”

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