Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State have petitioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the party’s National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Working Committee (NWC), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), alleging that the outcome of the party’s primary election for Agege Constituency I was wrongly altered.

In a petition dated June 1, 2026, and signed by the APC chairman and secretary in Agege LGA as well as executives from the five wards that make up the constituency, the petitioners claimed that Mr. Egunjobi Ganiyu Kola won the party’s primary election conducted on May 20, 2026, but was not subsequently recognised as the party’s candidate.

According to the petition, Egunjobi secured 9,132 votes out of a total of 10,126 votes cast across the five wards in the constituency. The petitioners stated that another aspirant, Mr. Oladipo Tunde Shola, scored 560 votes, while Mr. Oluwagbenga Micheal Abiola polled 434 votes.

The petitioners alleged that Egunjobi was duly screened, cleared and declared winner by the designated returning officer, Hon. Kayode Kassim Eleshin, at the conclusion of the exercise.

They further claimed that the primary election was monitored by APC officials, INEC observers, security agencies, journalists and other stakeholders, and described the process as peaceful, transparent and credible.

However, the petitioners expressed concern over what they described as the publication of Oluwagbenga Micheal Abiola as the APC candidate for Lagos State House of Assembly, Agege Constituency I, in a newspaper publication dated May 25, 2026.

The group argued that the published result did not reflect the outcome announced at the primary election and called on the national leadership of the APC to review the records of the exercise.

“We respectfully urge the National Working Committee and all relevant organs and committees of our great party to uphold the authentic result as declared by the Returning Officer and formally recognise Egunjobi Ganiyu Kola as the duly elected APC candidate for Lagos State House of Assembly, Agege Constituency I,” the petition stated.

The petitioners also said they were prepared to provide documentary and video evidence from the five wards, as well as reports from election observers and security agencies, to support their position.

They appealed to President Tinubu and the APC leadership to intervene and ensure that what they described as the genuine mandate of party members in the constituency is protected.