Femi Olaniyi, the Lagos State Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), emerged on Tuesday as the party’s consensus governorship candidate for the 2027 election in the state.
Mr Olaniyi, a former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Lagos State chapter, emerged during the party’s gubernatorial primary election in Somolu, Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) monitored the election..
Henry Amike, the chairman of the SDP Governorship Primary Electoral Committee for the state, said delegates from the state’s 20 local government areas adopted Mr Olaniyi, popularly known as Ferrari.
“Having fulfilled all constitutional and procedural requirements of the party and the Electoral Act, and following the consensus endorsement by stakeholders and delegates, I hereby officially declare Mr Femi Olaniyi Ferrari as the duly returned gubernatorial candidate of the SDP for the 2027 Lagos State Governorship Election,” he said.
