Two aspirants to challenge Sanwo-Olu in APC primary

The Guardian 

After the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos State approved the second term bid of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, it seemed the coast was clear for his return to Alausa.

But the emergence of former Lagos Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Olawale Oluwo and leader of a support group of the immediate past governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode Campaign Organisation (AMCO), has put Sanwo-Olu’s return hanging over the cliff edge. Oluwo even boasted that structures were in place to challenge Sanwo-Olu for the Lagos APC governorship ticket.
 
Subsequently, Oluwo paid the sum of N50 million to obtain the Lagos State gubernatorial ticket despite the endorsement of Sanwo-Olu by Tinubu and the GAC.

In another twist, a former state permanent secretary under Ambode, Abdul Ahmed Mustapha, has indicated interest to challenge the incumbent governor.

With the entry of Mustapha, Sanwo-Olu would be facing other aspirants for the APC ticket.

Ambode himself had initially revved up the gubernatorial contest when he postured to be angling for the number one political office in the state. But subsequent events are suggesting that he (Ambode) might have decided to leave the challenge of dethroning Sanwo-Olu out of the office to his foot soldiers, despite the endorsement of Sanwo-Olu by members of the state APC’s GAC, which the new entrants see as imposition.
 
The emergence of the two aspirants has thrown up new permutations in the state’s formidable ruling party, which, according to a source, may put pressure on Sanwo-Olu. Widely regarded as the face of Ambode’s camp, Oluwo is generally regarded as a force for Sanwo-Olu to contend with if he is going to get his second-term ambition…