2027 Lagos Guber race: Seyi Tinubu, Obasa, Jandor, Rhodes-Vivour, Ambode, Abiru, set for battle
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State still has 30 months to spend in the saddle but the polity is already charged as potential aspirants eyeing his seat embark on exploratory foot work. Those considered to be aspiring for the Alausa Round House on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, include President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu; serving Speaker of the Lagoa State House of Assembly, Hon Mudashiru Obasa; immediate past Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode; and Senator Tokunbo Abiru The main opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, 2023 Candidate, Abdulaziz Olajide Adediran (Jandor); and his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, are still nursing the ambition of governing the state. Factors that will shape who emerges the candidates of the leading parties and winner of the poll proper include the choice of President Tinubu, indigeneship, religion, zoning, and Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC, of the APC among others. Religious card Sanwo-Olu, ...