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Former Lagos council chairman and APC aspirant challenge expulsions

Source: Punch Nigeria · 23 Sep 2026, 19:02 UTC
Former Lagos council chairman and APC aspirant challenge expulsions
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Former Agege Local Government chairman Ganiyu Egunjobi and APC aspirant Azeez Yusuf have challenged their expulsions from the party. They say they resigned from the APC weeks before the expulsions were announced. The supplied report does not identify the party’s stated reasons or describe any formal appeal.

Former Agege Local Government chairman Ganiyu Egunjobi and APC aspirant Azeez Yusuf have faulted their expulsion from the All Progressives Congress, according to the supplied report. The two men said they had resigned from the party several weeks before the expulsions. Their position is that the party could not expel them after they had already left, although the available material does not provide the dates of their resignations.

The report does not state when the expulsions were announced, identify the APC body that issued them or give the party’s reasons. It also does not say whether Egunjobi or Yusuf have filed a formal appeal or whether the party has responded to their objection.

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