APC endorses Ashafa for another term - Abiodun Ogunleye, ask Shakiru to forget ambition.

The former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye, on Thursday, 13th September, said the APC have endorsed Senator Gbenga Ashafa for another term.


Prince Ogunleye said the Lagos East senatorial race which will be decided next year, has been dominated by Ashafa. He went further urging the lawmaker Fourth Term lawmaker, representing Kosofe Constituency 1, Hon Sikiru Adebayo, to forget his senatorial ambition. That it would be difficult for the party to back aspirants from Ikorodu, Kosofe, Somolu, Ibeju Lekki and Epe.

“Nobody can compel me to endorse him. It is not possible. I am a straightforward person. I was away from Nigeria. A particular candidate was endorsed by the leadership that I belong to in 2017. When I returned in 2018, another meeting was called where that endorsement was reaffirmed”.

“We have people from Ikorodu that are contesting but the party has decided. It is not possible to work against the decision of the party and the leaders’.

He concluded saying, “For every position, there is only one person that will be there. Whoever wins, we have to support that person”