The Lagos Peoples Assembly has berated the conduct of some politicians, as the All Progressives Congress APC in the State, prepares for the gubernatorial primaries to elect a flag bearer for the party in the 2019 governorship election in the State.
The group in a statement issued in Lagos and signed by its Secretary General, Prince Abiodun Bakare said it was reacting to a statement by the APC National Working Committee’s Electoral panel, which said it has not commenced the election neither has there been distribution of electoral materials nor accreditation of delegates, as being wrongly presented by some faction of the party.
The group berated what it called the desperation of Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu and his promoters, including a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who have earlier stormed the some wards in the State, to conduct, what is now being described as unauthorized and illegal election, by the APC NWC electoral panel.
The group further said it is worried, that if these persons could employ such desperate measures, to hijack the party’s primary, which ordinarily is an internal affair of the APC, Lagosians should then imagine what they may be up to, eventually, when it is time for the general election.
The group urged Lagosians not to be deceived by the antics of those politicians, which it described as political merchants, as it also urged members of the APC, to follow the electoral guidelines as being coordinated by the Chief Clement Ebri led legally constituted Governorship Electoral panel, which is about to conduct the State’s governorship primaries.