Deputy Governor Kadri Obafemi Hamzat yesterday urged members of the All Progressives Congress to intensify grassroots mobilisation to secure the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and victory for the party in the 2027 Lagos State governorship election.
Hamzat advised party supporters to mobilise at least five voters each and ensure they vote for the APC on election day.
“It is important that we must come out to vote,” he said, adding that “we must deliver Nigeria to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu again in 2027.”
The deputy governor spoke during a “Special Congregational Prayer for President Tinubu” organised by the Renewed Hope Network at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Onikan, Lagos.
The prayer session was officiated by the Lagos State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Stephen Adegbite, and Muslim cleric Alhaji Abdulrahman Lawal.
Prayers were offered for President Tinubu, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, Hamzat, and for peace in Nigeria and Lagos State.
At the event, attended by members of the Lagos APC political family, unions, ethnic groups, youth organisations, and women groups, President Tinubu was endorsed for re-election, while Hamzat received the backing of party stakeholders as a preferred successor to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Speakers at the gathering, including Governor Sanwo-Olu, House of Representatives member James Faleke, former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, and Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, justified Tinubu’s endorsement by citing achievements recorded under his administration.
They also stressed that Lagos APC leaders were united in their support for Hamzat as Sanwo-Olu’s successor.
Hamzat, while appreciating the endorsement, said Governor Sanwo-Olu had laid a solid foundation for development in Lagos State, adding that it would be easier to build on the achievements already recorded.
