Twelve members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have failed to secure their return tickets to the hallowed chamber ahead of the 2027 general elections as they lost at the primaries at the recent All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries.
Three of the twelve are principal officers of the House – Hon. Noheem Adams (Majority Leader), Hon. Fatai Mojeed (Chief Whip) and Hon. Setonji David (Deputy Chief Whip).
Besides the three main officers, there were nine other lawmakers who also failed to make the party’s final list of successful candidates. They include Desmond Elliot (Surulere Constituency I) and Gbolahan Ogunleye (Ikorodu Constituency I), son of the former Deputy Governor and Governance Advisory Council (GAC) member, Pa Abiodun Ogunleye.
Others who did not make the list are Lanre Afini (Lagos Island I), Stephen Ogundipe (Oshodi/Isolo I), Obafemi Saheed (Kosofe II), Bonu Solomon (Badagry II), Emmanuel Olotu (Ifako-Ijaiye II), Jubreel Abdulkareem (Agege II) and Samuel Apata (Somolu 2).
Others who secured return tickets in the primaries include: Gbolahan Yishawu (Eti-Osa I), Deputy Speaker Mojisola Meranda, Abiodun Tobun (Epe I), Sylvester Ogunkelu (Epe II), Temitope Adedeji (Ifako-Ijaiye I), Ladi Ajomale (Oshodi/Isolo II), Suraju Tijani (Ojo II), Ege Olusegun (Ojo I) and Age-Sulaimon Wale Rauf (Amuwo-Odofin II), among others.
In the meantime, the candidates believed to have been sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, in Agege I and Agege II lost their bids. While Gbenga Abiola Agbelebu won Agege I, Sule Shakiru Akindele won the Agege II ticket.
However, Obasa and the member representing Surulere 2, Mosunmola Sangodara did not seek re-election into the House.
