Lagos primary: Deputy gov. Adebule abandons Ambode

By Lucy Osuizigbo/Lagos

The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule on Tuesday abandoned Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to support  Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the two-horse race to pick the  ticket to represent the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 governorship election.

Adebule told newsmen at Ward A and D,  in Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos where she participated in the governorship primary of the APC, that she would endorse  the candidate chosen by the  party.

“The party has chosen a man and it is that man that I will support and follow,”she said.

The News agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that when the deputy governor arrived at the ward, some of her aides came with  Sanwo-Olu’s posters and banners.

At the ward,  accreditation started at about 10.36 a. m.as party electoral officials arrived.

There was no formal announcement of the results as the accreditation was brief.

Many party members at the venue started singing the praises of Sanwo-Olu