The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced that it is fielding candidates in all 20 Local Government Areas for Saturday’s local government council elections in Lagos State, in line with a Supreme Court ruling.
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The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) is overseeing the elections across the 20 LGAs and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).
Reports indicate that 15 out of 18 registered political parties are participating in the ongoing local government elections.
A document from the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) reveals that only 15 out of the 19 political parties that initially indicated interest in the elections went on to submit candidate lists ahead of the poll.
The Lagos State Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr. George Ashiru, stated that the party’s decision to field candidates in all 20 local government areas was influenced by the 2024 Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy.
According to him, the ruling reaffirmed the constitutional recognition of the 774 local government areas across Nigeria, including the 20 officially recognized in Lagos State.
“In line with the Supreme Court ruling on local government autonomy, we chose to focus our campaigns and field candidates only in the 20 constitutionally recognized local government areas,” Ashiru said.
He noted that the ADC remained committed to upholding the rule of law and constitutional provisions in its political activities.
“In the beginning, we were against participation, but our members and aspirants insisted on participating, especially those who felt they have strength in some areas.
“The party chose to abide by the constitution and focus our participation on the recognised councils,” he said.
Ashiru urged LASIEC to conduct the election with transparency and impartiality.
“At the end of this election, people will rate the commission because, ideally, parties win in their areas of strength,” he added.
NAN reports that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) remains the most represented party in the contest, fielding candidates in all 57 local councils and 376 wards.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) followed with candidates contesting in 45 councils and 259 wards.
The Labour Party presented 22 chairmanship and 130 councillorship candidates, while the Zenith Labour Party has six chairmanship and 21 councillorship candidates.
Aside ADC, other political parties with approved candidates, as listed by LASIEC, include: Accord; African Action Alliance (AAA); Allied People’s Movement (APM); and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Others were Social Democratic Party (SDP); National Rescue Movement (NRM); Young Progressives Party (YPP); Youth Party (YP); Action Peoples Party (APP); and the ADC.
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