2027: Faleke, Obasa, Bakare-Odunuga make Lagos APC Reps, Assembly tickets list

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By Olasunkanmi Akoni

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Amid petitions and protests, the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has released the names of flagbearers of its House of Representatives and State House of Assembly after winning primaries ahead of the 2027 general elections.

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In a public notice signed by the Lagos APC Chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, the list contained 24 candidates for the House of Representatives and 40 candidates for the Lagos State House of Assembly.

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Leading the pack are: Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, who won the primary unopposed, and emerged as the candidate for Agege Federal Constituency..

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Other winners of the House of Representatives tickets are: James Abiodun Faleke for Ikeja Federal Constituency and Babajimi Benson for Ikorodu Federal Constituency.

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Muftau Egberongbe emerged for Apapa, Moses Olanrewaju for Amuwo-Odofin, Adeyemi Alli for Mushin I, Oluwatosin Fayinka for Mushin II, beating the immediate past Publicity Secretary of the party, Seye Oladejo, while Fuad Kayode Laguda secured the Surulere I ticket.

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Lanre Okunnola won the Surulere II ticket, while Fuad Atanda-Lawal emerged for Eti-Osa.

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Bello Monsuru Oloyede secured the Oshodi-Isolo II ticket, displacing his closest rival, Kehinde Bamigbetan, a former chairman of Ejigbo Local Government Area, while Kolade Alabi emerged for Somolu.

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Benjamin Adeyemi Olabinjo won in Ifako-Ijaiye, Bolaji Kayode Robert emerged for Ojo, while Paul Abioye Kalejaiye secured the Ajeromi-Ifelodun ticket.

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Dolapo Badru and Kayode Moshood Akiolu won the tickets for Lagos Island I and Lagos Island II, respectively.

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In Alimosho, Olabisi Adebanjo emerged as the APC candidate, making her the only woman among the 24 House of Representatives candidates released by the party.

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Adebayo Balogun secured the Ibeju-Lekki ticket, Taiwo Aiyedun emerged for Oshodi-Isolo I, while Dele Osinowo won the Kosofe primary.

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Segun Adeniran Onilude won Badagry, Wale Raji, won in Epe, while Adekunle Omolaja clinched the Lagos Mainland ticket.

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House of Assembly

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Leading the pack on the Lagos State House of Assembly is Mojisola Meranda for Apapa Constituency I, while Musibau Lawal clinched the Apapa II ticket.

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Barakat Bakare-Odunuga clinched the Surulere I ticket after stopping the incumbent, Desmond Elliott, from returning in a controversial primary. Damilola Ayinde-Marshall, daughter of King Ayinde Wasiu, Fuji living legend, emerged for Surulere II, while Oluwagbenga Abiola Omaco won in Agege I and Shakiru Enimakure for 02.

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Other aspirants who made the list are: Saheed Bankole for Eti-Osa I, Gbolahan Yishawu for Eti-Osa II, Oladipo Olayinka Ajomale for Oshodi-Isolo I, and Mayowa Alakija for Oshodi-Isolo II.

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In Ikorodu, Toyin Gafar and Moshood Aro emerged for Ikorodu I and II, respectively.

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Orekoya Abiodun and Moruf Alli-Balogun won the Somolu I and II tickets.

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Temitope Adewale and Rasheed Lanre Makinde secured the tickets for Ifako-Ijaiye I and II, while Oluwaseun Adebisi Ege and Suraju Tijani emerged for Ojo I and II.

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For Ikeja Constituencies I and II, Adedamola Kasumu and Adeseyi Lawal emerged victorious.

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Saad Olumoh won the Ajeromi-Ifelodun I ticket, while Sabur Akanbi Oluwa secured the ticket for Ajeromi-Ifelodun II.

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In Lagos Island, Lara Olumegbon-Lawal emerged for Constituency I, while Yusuf Nurudeen Abiodun won the Lagos Island II ticket.

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Olatunji Lukmon Jimoh-Orelope and Joseph Kehinde secured the tickets for Alimosho I and II, respectively.

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Recall that the final list comes amid various petitions by aspirants and aggrieved supporters over alleged imposition of candidates and electoral malpractices that played out during the primaries across the wards.

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APC, primary elections conducted across the States followed the Electoral Act, 2026, with the option of direct primaries or consensus as a mode of selecting candidates for general elections.

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The exercise started with primaries into
the Federal House of Representatives, followed by the Senate, the House of Assembly, the Governorship and Presidential, respectively.

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Tension, anxiety, and petitions have greeted the conduct of Lagos State House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries.

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Instructively, Nigeria’s party primary elections have long been regarded as the most contested and least regulated stage of the democratic process. For decades, the nomination of candidates by political parties was marked by delegate manipulation, parallel congresses, illegal exclusions of aspirants, and brazen substitutions of validly elected candidates.

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The repealed Electoral Act No. 13 of 2022 made modest inroads into these pathologies, but it’s toleration of indirect (delegate) primaries and its ambiguous framework for judicial oversight left significant room for abuse.

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Section 84(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026 provides that every political party “seeking to nominate candidates for elections under this Act shall hold primaries for aspirants to all elective positions,” and that permissive, and its scope is universal: it applies to every elective position from the Presidential to local councillorship.

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Despite assurances by Ojelabi to ensure a level playing field for a credible exercise, some aspirants have protested the outcome.

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The APC primary election held in Lagos Mainland was thrown into crisis following allegations of widespread irregularities, voter intimidation and disruption of the electoral process across several voting centres.

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The disruption was reported in areas like Apapa Road, Makoko, Iwaya and Adekunle, where party members and delegates allegedly faced intimidation and were prevented from participating freely in the exercise.

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The developments reported in a few other local government areas created tension and confusion, as aggrieved members accused some party leaders of manipulating the process in favour of a preferred candidate.

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As of press time, the Appeals Committee set up to resolve the grievances arising from the primaries was still attending to various petitions it had gathered.

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See list below…

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