On November 5, the Lagos chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) endorsed former Commissioner for Works, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, as the running mate to its governorship candidate in 2019, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The Chairman of the party’s Lagos Chapter, Mr Tunde Balogun, described Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat as an incredible team that would amplify development in Lagos if voted for in 2019.
Mr Sanwo-Olu also applauded the choice of Hamzat as his running mate, saying he was confident that Lagos would be more enriched with Hamzat on board.
“Dr Hamzat and I have been players in the same political matters for many years. We have been friends and brothers for close to two decades. He is a man of deep intellectual knowledge. He is a man of the high level of integrity. He is a man that I have worked closely with in different services.”
Amongst all the states in Nigeria, Lagos is one of the six states with a female deputy governor presently and also the state that has produced the…
