Tinubu Meets Lagos APC House of Reps, Senate Candidates, Calls for Reconciliation

• President Tinubu met with all 27 Lagos APC National Assembly candidates.
• He called on them to reconcile with aggrieved party members ahead of 2027.
• The Lagos APC chairman facilitated the presentation of the candidates.

President Bola Tinubu on Friday met with the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates for the House of Representatives and Senate seats ahead of the 2027 general election, urging them to reach out to aggrieved party members and begin the process of reconciliation within their constituencies.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the candidates, who won the party’s primary elections held across Lagos earlier this month, were formally introduced and presented to the president at the event.

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Lagos State APC Chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, facilitated the presentation. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Deputy Governor and Governorship Candidate, Obafemi Hamzat, were also present at the event which held at the president’s residence in Ikoyi, Lagos.

In his address, Tinubu congratulated the winners but made clear that the work of building a united party front for 2027 was only beginning.

He urged each candidate to engage opponents and dissatisfied members, stressing that every vote and every voter would be critical in the general election.

The president also reminded the candidates that their emergence represented a covenant with the people, an obligation to advocate for constituents and deliver meaningful legislative impact.

The event was conducted solemnly, with photographs taken alongside the President and the candidates.

Three figures were, however, absent from the gathering: Senator Idiat Adebule (Lagos West), Hon. Okunola Lanre (Lagos Mainland), and Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, who won the Agege House of Representatives ticket.

The Lagos APC’s three Senate candidates are all incumbents who were returned unopposed by affirmation during the party’s primaries. They are Senator Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni (Lagos Central), Senator Idiat Adebule (Lagos West), and Senator Tokunbo Abiru (Lagos East).

The 24 House of Representatives candidates presented to the President are: Mufutau Egberongbe (Apapa), Olabrewaju Moses (Amuwo Odofin), Alli Adeyemi (Mushin I), Fayinka Moses (Mushin II), Laguda Fuad (Surulere I), Okunola Lanre (Surulere II), Mudashiru Obasa (Agege), Atanda Lawal Fuad (Etiosa), Aiyetun Taiwo (Oshodi-Isolo I), and Oloyede Bello (Oshodi-Isolo II).

Others are Babajimi Benson (Ikorodu), Alabi Kolade (Shomolu), Olabinjo Benjamin (Ifako Ijaiye), Robert Bolaji Kayode (Ojo), James Faleke (Ikeja), Kalejaiye Paul (Ajeromi Ifelodun), Dolapo Badru (Lagos Island I), Kayode Akiolu (Lagos Island II), Adebanjo Olabisi (Alimosho), Bayo Balogun (Ibeju Lekki), Dele Osinowo (Kosofe), Onilude Segun (Badagry), Wale Raji (Epe), and Omolaja Adekunle (Lagos Mainland).

Twelve of the 24 House of Representatives candidates are incumbents seeking re-election, while the remaining 12 are new entrants.

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The APC has dominated Lagos’s federal legislative seats for over a decade and is widely expected to win the vast majority of the 27 National Assembly seats — three Senate and 24 House of Representatives — in 2027.

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