APC primary: Desmond Elliot loses re-election ticket to Gbajabiamila-backed aspirant
Desmond Elliot, the lawmaker representing Surulere Constituency I in the Lagos state house of assembly, has lost his bid to secure the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for a return to the legislature.
In the primary election held in the constituency on Wednesday, Elliot lost to Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, the aspirant backed by Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff (CoS) to President Bola Tinubu, in the assembly race.
Odunuga-Bakare secured 11,385 votes to defeat Elliot, who polled 270 votes across the wards in the constituency.
