By Joshua Timi
Less than 24 hours after the announcement of results in its primary election for chairmanship and councillorship tickets, the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday announced the formation of an Appeal Committee to receive, review and manage grievances arising from the election.
At the end of the exercise on Saturday, a total of 55 chairmanship candidates were elected to fly the party’s flag in the July 12 Local Government Election across the state. However, many aspirants alleged that the process was a sham, devoid of any element of true democracy. They claim that party leaders only used the exercise as a front to impose candidates against the wishes of party members.
Consequently, pockets of protests have started springing up across the state, with members expressing their grievances by public demonstrations.
To address these grievances, the party in a statement issued on Monday, said the Appeal Committee will be opened to receiving letters of protests till Tuesday 13th May, 2025
“Sequel to the successful conduct of primaries for the emergence of candidates towards the July 12 Local Government elections, the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated an Appeal Committee to look into pockets of protests from dissatisfied aspirants who participated in the exercise.
“The committee which is made up of Mr. Lawal Pedro SAN , who is also the Attorney-General and Honorable Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State and Otunba Abiodun Olufowobi as Secretary.
“Other members are Rt. Hon. Jokotola Pelumi, a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Lanre Ogunyemi, a former honorable member of the house of assembly and State Secretary of the party and Chief Chukwudi Adiukwu.
“We hereby advise discontented aspirants to submit their appeals to the committee not later than 12noon on Tuesday 13th May, 2025.” The statement reads
