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The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Idiat Adebule, on Tuesday ditched Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to support Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the race to pick the ticket to represent the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 governorship election.
Mrs Adebule spoke with journalists at Ward A and D in Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos, where she participated in the governorship primary of the APC.
She said 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 Mr Sanwo-Olu.
Reports trickling in indicated that Sanwo-olu is leading with a wide margin in many parts of the state,including Alausa,the seat of government.
Sahara Reporters also reported that there was a disagreement between the loyalists of both candidates in Epe where Ambode’s supporters disagreed with the number of accredited voters.
Epe is Ambode’s stronghold and he is expected to win there.
