Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged stakeholders to cede the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket to the South-West.
Sanwo-Olu said this on Tuesday at the International Conference Centre, ICC, Abuja when he went to submit his forms.
On why the recent meeting of some South-West APC leaders with some presidential aspirants from the zone did not result into a consensus arrangement, the governor said; “That is unfair for you to say we did not arrive at a consensus. You should have asked what the objective was. Did we achieve the objective of that meeting? The answer is yes.
” We needed to have ourselves in the room, lock up ourselves and have frank conversations, which were exactly what we did. Are we going to have further conversation with the leadership? Yes, I believe so. So, we are not fed up, we were sincere with ourselves and we hope that in future engagements, all the aspirations we have in our region will come to pass”, said Sanwo-Olu.
NewsBeatng had reported that Southwest APC leaders and elders had meeting with the presidential aspirants from the region few days in Lagos House, Marina.
The meeting was summoned by Former Interim National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande and former Governor of Ogun state, Aremo Olusegun Osoba.
Those who attended were APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Kayode Fayemi, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor Dapo Abiodun, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor Gboyega Oyetola and Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
Others are; APC National Secretary, Sen. Iyiola Omisore, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, and others.
