Badagry leaders renew call for APC governorship ticket, back Ajose
Ticket By Aderonke Ojediran/ Raji Rasqak Lagos, March 31, 2026 (NAN) Political stakeholders from Badagry Division on Tuesday renewed their appeal to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the party’s Lagos State governorship ticket to Badagry ahead of the 2027 elections. They described the request as legitimate, saying that the zoning would promote fairness, justice and inclusion. Leading in the call, a 93-year-old elder statesman, Alhaji Andu Adio, said Badagry had not presented a governorship candidate since the creation of Lagos State in 1967 because the division had not found a candidate in whom the people had absolute trust and confidence. Adio, who in his prime headed the committee on the restructuring of the education sector during the administration of the late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, said the situation had changed with the emergence of Dr Samuel Ajose. According to him, the people of Badagry now believe they have found in Ajose a credible, competent and s...