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Crises brew in Lagos APC

&NewLine;<p>Crisis is brewing in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress over the role the immediate past Osun State Governor&comma; Mr Rauf Aregebsola&comma; is playing in the compilation of names of political appointees that will form the cabinet of the Governor-elect&comma; Babajide Sanwo-Olu&period;<br> The crisis&comma; according to sources&comma; is between two main groups within the ruling APC&comma; in the state&comma; the Mandate Group and the Governor’s Advisory Council&period;<br> The National Leader of the APC&comma; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu&comma; had delegated Aregbesola to compile the list of politicians&comma; who would work as Sanwo-Olu’s aides&period;<br> It was learnt that the former Osun State governor had&comma; as a first step&comma; asked Sanwo-Olu to disband his campaign team and await the list of members of the transition committee&period;<br> The Director-General of Sanwo-Olu Campaign Team&comma; Mr Tayo Ayinde&comma; was said to have immediately complied with the directive on behalf of the governor-elect&period;<br> The transition committee will interface with the incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s transition team&period;<br> Sanwo-Olu will be inaugurated as the new Lagos State Governor on May 29&period;<br> Aregbesola has reportedly compiled 40 names of those that would be the new governor’s aides from the Mandate Group alone&period;<br> Members of the GAC are said to be displeased with this development and had reportedly challenged the former Osun State governor&period;<br> The GAC&comma; sources said&comma; directed a leader of the party&comma; Mr Tajudeen Olusi&comma; to compile another list which would accommodate the aggrieved members of the group who they claimed played the lead role in the emergence of Sanwo-Olu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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