Prince Laja Adeoye on Thursday emerged the consensus governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APC) for the 2027 governorship election in the state.
Adeoye, a real estate entrepreneur, emerged during the party’s gubernatorial primary election, held in Yaba, Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports his election, monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, was conducted via consensus and affirmation.
The Chairman of the APM Governorship Primary Electoral Committee for the state, Mr Godwin Williamson, said Adeoye was adopted by the party’s delegates and stakeholders from the state’s 20 local government areas.
“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 Prince Laja Adeoye as the duly elected and returned gubernatorial candidate of the APM for the 2027 Lagos State Governorship Election,” Williamson said.
