The deputy governor of Lagos State and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 general elections, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has denied there is an agreement for him to spend one term in office.
Hamzat stated this in an interview with Punch on Monday.
When asked about a possible agreement, he replied: “Agreement? No, there’s no agreement.”
Hamzat was then asked what factors led to the choice of his running mate.
According to him, “The moment I emerged, I know that it is important that the deputy is a Christian, since I am a Muslim; and a lot of our women leaders have been saying they have tolerated us men for eight years, we must have a female. And we agreed that it made sense. And a lot of other people also said that we needed younger minds.
“Also, I am from the East; the current governor is from Central; so we said let it go to the West. So, all those came together.
“And Damilola Sonayon-James emerged. She was the Deputy Women Leader of our state. She was a supervisor in Badagry and then we looked at everything she had been doing, and she emerged.”
