Live update: Sanwo-Olu, Ambode in final battle for APC ticket as party members troop out
48 hours after Akinwunmi Ambode held a press conference telling residents of Lagos why he is the best aspirant for the ticket of All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of 2019, the governor is now slugging it out with Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the party’s primaries.
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11.52am: Early results from the Ward E2 of Alimosho local government, where Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu scored 9,860 votes while Akinwunmi Ambode scored 20 votes.
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11.35am: Early results reported from the Alausa area, the seat of power in Ikeja show that Babajide Sanwo-Olu has defeated Governor Ambode. At the ward C area of the Alausa, Olanrewaju Yahaya, the electoral officer, announced that Sanwo-Olu polled 960 votes against AMbode who secured just four votes.
Ward C is where Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the party, is registered.
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11am: Security operatives take over major positions in Lagos state where the primary elections are to hold.
At the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agbado Oke-Odo local council development authority, heavily armed security men were positioned as members turned out to vote between Ambode and Sanwo-Olu.
Reports say as early as 7am, members of the party had trooped into the Ekoro road area of the LCDA.
Source: Naija.ng