Ambode Picks Deputy Guber Candidate

Akinwunmi Ambode, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives' Congress (APC) in Lagos state, has picked the incumbent Secretary to the Lagos state government, Mrs. Idayat Adebule, as his running mate in the gubernatorial polls.

Adebule (left) with Lagos Gov. Fashola (middle) and deputy 

 Adebule was chosen among other candidates because of her gender and high level of education including her Islamic religion to balance the religious equation in the equation. Ambode is a Christian..

The Imam of the House of Assembly would have been chosen but some Muslim groups in the state resisted the move, so Adebule was chosen doubly because of her good track record as well as cerebral pedigreel she has a  Ph.D in Islamic Studies and was a lecturer at the Lagos State University before her appointment as the SSG.

Ambode 

Besides, her gender played a high factor in her choosing her. "As you know, most of the voters next year will be women and we need to make sure they are given a sense of belonging," a source who pleads anonymity within the party, said.”

 Other considered choices are are the Imam of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Abdulateef Abdulhakeem; the Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Ganiyu Johnson; former commissioner for Environment, Tunji Bello and a former chairman of the Lagos Island Local Government, Wasiu Eshilokun.