Lagos 2027: Tinubu Endorses Hamzat As Sanwo-Olu’s Successor

By Adesina Soyooye

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State Dr Obafemi Hamzat can go sleep over his 2027 Governorship ambition. And why not? All things considered, he is already the Governor.

Hamzat has been endorsed by every who is who in the Lagos State All Progressives Congress, APC, including, in a rare  action, his boss, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

But the real big one came on Wednesday when President Bola Tinubu endorsed Hamzat as the next Governor of Lagos State.

The public endorsement came when the highest political decision making body in Lagos (APC), the Governance Advisory Council, GAC, took Hamzat and presented him to the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The GAC had endorsed him earlier in Lagos.

And, on presenting him to President Tinubu, introduced him as the APC consensus Governorship Candidate and approved Governor Sanwo-Olu’s successor.

An excited Hamzat exclaimed: “President Bola Tinubu has blessed my governorship ambition.”

He stated this shortly after the meeting between President Tinubu and the GAC.

Speaking to newsmen Hamzat said the delegation, led by GAC chairman Prince Tajudeen Olusi, presented him to the President and that he has received his blessing.

“These are fathers, they are leaders, they’ve seen a lot of Christmases, they’ve seen a lot of Eid El Kabir, so they have experience, and therefore I’m really, really excited that they brought me here to meet Mr President, and Mr President has blessed us and blessed the decision of GAC.”

Governorship, he said, is an assignment and audacious. He flaunted his experience as Deputy Governor and said it has already prepared him for the task ahead.

“Nobody is ready because the assignment is audacious. But what you have is experience. Having served as Deputy Governor of Lagos under Governor Sanwo-Olu, I’ve learned a lot. I know the room. I know where the kitchen is.

“You know, if you want to cook for people and you don’t know the kitchen, it doesn’t matter how good a chef you are, you must know the kitchen.”

However, two other aspirants on the banner of the APC have picked the form for the APC Governorship Primary – meaning there will be a Primary election.