Presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has selected former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura, as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election.
Daura, who led the SSS from 2015 to 2018, was unveiled as Makinde’s vice-presidential candidate during the party’s national convention held at Rilwan Adamu Square in Bauchi on Thursday.
The announcement was contained in a statement issued by the Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, who said Makinde intentionally chose the former intelligence chief because of the country’s growing security concerns.
“His Presidential running mate is Alh. Lawal Musa Daura, the former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS) between 2015 and 2018, whom he said was deliberately chosen to solve the security situation of the country,” the statement read.
Daura served as SSS director-general under former President Muhammadu Buhari before he was removed from office in 2018.
