Protests broke out on Tuesday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos State secretariat in Ogba, as party members rejected the results of the primaries for Agege Constituencies I and II.
The demonstrators, carrying placards and chanting slogans, accused the party leadership of imposing candidates.
They disputed the published results, which declared Abiola Oluwagbemiga winner for Constituency I and Sule Akindele for Constituency II, insisting that Ganiyu Egunjobi and Azeez Yusuf (Ninalowo) were the rightful winners.
Placards bore messages such as “Protect Internal Democracy in Agege,” “Justice for Egunjobi,” and “Let the people’s votes count.” Protesters claimed Egunjobi polled over 9,000 votes and demanded that the party respect the mandate given by members.
The unrest follows wider dissatisfaction with APC primary outcomes in Alimosho, Mushin, Ojokoro, and other constituencies.
Even Iyaloja-General Folashade Tinubu-Ojo had earlier threatened protests, alleging bias in favor of the party’s Justice Forum bloc.
While police ensured crowd control during the protest, APC chairman Cornelius Ojelabi, through his media aide, urged aggrieved members to use internal party mechanisms to resolve disputes.
He stressed that the primaries had been concluded and warned against actions or statements that could heighten tension.
The party also dismissed reports that Ojelabi was harassed during the protest, clarifying that he was not present at the secretariat at the time.
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