By Kingston Magare 30.4.2026
Former Lagos governor Akinwunmi Ambode, has endorsed deputy governor Obafemi Hamzat, for the 2027 governorship race, ending his own ambition.
Ambode said in a statement Thursday, he was accepting Hamza as the consensus candidate for the Lagos top job.
“I join my fellow members of the All-Progressives Congress to congratulate my brother and friend, Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat, on his emergence as the consensus governorship candidate of our great party, the APC.
“Your deliberate and purposeful consultations with the party hierarchy and all members of the party have demonstrated you are a true party man committed to the party’s ideals and values of unity and progress,” he said.
Also 2023 governorship candidate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, but cross carpet to join the APC, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor, has dropped out of the race.
“Following the endorsement of Dr. Kadiri Hamzat by our leader, the President of Nigeria, and leaders of our party in Lagos, and in recognition of the prevailing realities within the political landscape of our great party, I have decided to withdraw from the 2027 Lagos State gubernatorial race.
“This decision is not borne out of weakness or a lack of capacity, but out of strength, discipline, and a deep respect for party cohesion and unity.
“Let me be unequivocal: I remain a loyal and committed member of the APC. I also reaffirm my unalloyed loyalty and respect for the President and national leader of our party, His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.
“His leadership remains central to the stability and progress of our party and the nation at large.”