The Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Tunde Balogun, says the party’s governorship primary held earlier today remains valid and the result will soon be announced.

This was minutes after the party’s National Working Committee panel, led by Mr Clement Ebri, declared the primary null and void.

Ebri at a press conference at Protea Hotel, Alausa, Ikeja said the primary could not have held because the guidelines for the conduct of the election were still being ironed out.

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But Balogun insisted that the primary had already held and the results would soon be announced.

Addressing journalists at the party’s secretariat in Ogba, Balogun said,

“Of course, the primary election took place in all the wards – 245 wards in Lagos State – – and it was peaceful; not a single case of violence was recorded. 

“It was peaceful, it was fair, it was just and transparent. The election stands because it was conducted according to the constitution of our party. The results were recorded under INEC supervision.

“I am the APC chairman for Lagos and I can’t disenfranchise about 1.5 million people that took part in the exercise all over the state. It will be unfair, it will be unjust to do so.”

Asked when the results will be collated and announced, Balogun added,

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“The results are coming in.”