Nigeria, June 5 -- Lagos APC governorship candidate Obafemi Hamzat appoints ex-senator Musiliu Obanikoro as campaign DG ahead of 2027 election race.

The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has announced Nigeria's former High Commissioner to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, as Director-General of his campaign ahead of the 2027 election.

The appointment was disclosed at an expanded meeting of the campaign council, presided by Hamzat on Wednesday.

According to a THISDAY report, the choice of Obanikoro had been pre-approved by President Bola Tinubu before it was made public by the candidate himself at a recent meeting of the council.

The choice of Obanikoro, sources within the cou...