Ahead of the July 22 local government election in Lagos State, 18 chairmanship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have gotten automatic tickets.

Besides, all councillors who had served one term in the last dispensation would be returned.

These were decisions of the party during a stakeholders’ meeting held at its Acme road secretariat in Ogba, Lagos.

APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, his Deputy, Mrs Idiat Adebule, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and other party stakeholders attended the meeting.

The party stakeholders, it was learnt, met ahead of the primaries slated for Saturday.

No fewer than 2,500 aspirants were interested in getting the APC ticket for the 57 LGAs and 373 wards as chairmen and councillors.

However, the ambition of thousands of the aspirants may have hit the brick wall as the party agreed on returning one-term councillors and 18 ex-chairmen amidst protest and grumblings from some members of the party.     

Thirty nine other chairmanship aspirants might have also been hand-picked ahead of the election, a source told our correspondent.

Tinubu, while addressing the party members, urged them to accept the decision of the party with respect to the local government election.

POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE

DATE:05/11/2017