8,000 delegates to elect APC presidential candidate in Lagos
The National Convention Committee of the All Progressives a Congress has said that about 8,000 delegates will attend the national convention of the party slated for the Teslim Balogum Stadium, Lagos, to elect the party’s presidential candidate. The Chairman of the committee and former governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said at a news conference that although some of the aspirants expressed concern about traveling such a long distance for the convention, the committee was able to convince them on why they chose Lagos for the event. Fayemi said he would have been surprised if the aspirants had not raise such concern, pointing out that what the party was going for an election and not an endorsement of candidate. Some of the aspirants had written to the National Chairman of the party, kicking against the choice of Lagos for the convention, raising issues of distance and other logistics. The suggested that the event should be moved to Abuja.