Nigeria, April 28 -- The Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the influential leadership body of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, has endorsed Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat as its consensus candidate for the 2027 governorship election.

The endorsement was announced on Tuesday at Lagos House, where party leaders met and unanimously adopted Mr Hamzat, according to a post by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's Senior Special Assistant on New Media, Jubril Gawat.

Mr Gawat said the endorsement was announced by GAC leader Tajudeen Olusi, who also disclosed that council members had paid for Mr Hamzat's nomination form, a symbolic move underscoring growing elite backing for the deputy governor.

The endorsement came a day after Governor S...