Lagos APC 2025 Chairmanship Aspirants Seek Refund of Nomination Fees, Pledge Support for Tinubu’s Re-election

The Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) 2025 Chairmanship Aspirants Conference has appealed to Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and the State Party Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, to fulfil the party’s earlier promise to refund nomination fees paid by aspirants during the July local government chairmanship primaries.

The group made the appeal in two separate letters addressed to Governor Sanwo-Olu and Pastor Ojelabi, dated September 8, 2025.

The letters, titled “Consideration and Solidarity for the 2027 Re-election Bid of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR,” were jointly signed by the Convener of the Conference, Hon. Sola Opeyemi Taiwo, and the General Secretary, Prince Wale Oluwa.

In the letters, the aspirants expressed their continued loyalty to the party and pledged to mobilise massive grassroots support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election campaign ahead of the 2027 general elections.

“We humbly seek your indulgence with our conference to present our structures and readiness to deliver massive grassroots mobilisation for the 2027 mandate,” the letter read in part.

“We want to urge the party to revisit the promise of refunding the Chairmanship Nomination Form fees for all aspirants who submitted their bank drafts as directed by the party.

“We are convinced that political consideration for our members will energise our structures and deepen our capacity to deliver results,” the letters read.

The aspirants emphasised that they had remained steadfast in their loyalty to the APC despite the outcome of the primaries, noting that their political networks across the wards and local governments in Lagos State remain active and ready to mobilise in support of the President’s 2027 re-election bid.

“As aspirants who heeded the party’s call and made sacrifices during the last chairmanship contest, we have continued to stand firm in our loyalty to the party. Our grassroots machinery is well established, and we are ready to mobilise effectively in support of Mr. President’s re-election,” they said.