The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected Cornelius Ojelabi as its new chairman.
Mr Ojelabi, a former commissioner and member of the House of Representatives, was elected at the State Congress held on Saturday at Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, where card-carrying members of the party converged to elect officers into the party positions at the state level.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led delegates across the state to the event held under the supervision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Electoral Committee members appointed by the party’s National Caretaker Committee in Abuja.
There were 1,615 delegates accredited to pick the party’s state executive members during the congress organised under heavy security presence.
Notable APC stalwarts at the congress included the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat; lawmaker representing the Lagos Central in the Senate, Oluremi Tinubu; Olamilekan Adeola (Lagos West); Rotimi Abiru (Lagos East); Chief of Staff to the Governor, Tayo Ayinde; immediate past caretaker chairman of the party in Lagos, Tunde Balogun, all serving members of the national and state assemblies, chairpersons of local councils and party supporters.
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