A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State held a parallel congress in the state.
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The faction, led by Fouad Oki, is challenging the other faction of the party led by a former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu.
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Notable among those at the congress include a serving House of Assembly member, Hon. Omotayo Oduntan (Alimosho ll); Chief Olu Bakare, former Commissioner, Hon. Sunmonu, Alhaja Aminat Idera, among others.
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Mr Oki, until recently a loyalist of Mr Tinubu, was the campaign director for Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s 2015 gubernatorial contest. Mr Oki also acted in that capacity for both Mr Tinubu and former governor Babatunde Fashola.
He had in February, launched the Broom United Movement, a faction of aggrieved party members.
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While the faction is holding its parallel congress at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, the Tinubu faction is holding its own congress at the party secretariat, Acme Road, Ikeja.
The faction led by Mr Oki claimed that it will elect officials into the state executive of the party.
The congress, holding at the Event Centre of the Airport Hotel, has in attendance wards and local government delegates from different parts of the state.
Party stalwarts at the factional congress took turns to throw jibes at members of the other faction while addressing the crowd.
At the party secretariat where the faction believed to be loyal to Mr Tinubu is holding its congress, there were top political office holders in the state in attendance.
