The announcement was formally made on Sunday by the Lagos State Chairman of the APC in the state, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, at the party’ secretariat in Ogba, Lagos.

Describing Hamzat as very competent for the job, Balogun said his emergence followed the approval of major stakeholders and the topmost decision making body.

Said he:  “The highest decision making body of APC together with all the relevant stakeholders of APC in Lagos State have endorsed Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat as the running mate to the candidate of APC in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

“After the endorsement, it is important for me to publicly and officially present Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat as the running mate of our candidate, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the 2019 gubernatorial election in Lagos State.”

Expressing his happiness at the choice of Hamzat, Sanwo-Olu said with a running mate like him, the task of taking Lagos State to a greater height would be achieved.

“We have been friends and brothers for close to two decades and he is a man of deep intellectual knowledge. He is a man of high level of integrity.

“He is competent and I know he is going to help greatly to deliver the Lagos of our dream. With a technocrat like Hamzat, we will take Lagos to the next level,” he said.

Hamzat, while accepting the offer, thanked the party for considering him worthy of the position.

He said:  “I am very happy. I feel very happy and I feel a sense of responsibility that the party after sitting together, has selected me to be his running mate so that we can work together with our experience…

“Mr. Sanwo-Olu and I understand what it requires to cook what Lagosians desire. So, we promise to do our best to deliver the Lagos of our dream.”

Born September 19, 1964, Hamzat is a graduate of Agricultural Engineering from the Universtiy of Ibadan (1986).

He has Masters in Crop Processing Engineering (1988) and a Ph.D. in System Process Engineering (1992).

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Atiku, former vice president is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

He announced Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State, as his running mate on Friday.

In a statement issued Friday night by Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Atiku explained that having Obi as a vice president would bring the country back on the path of greatness.

 “The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has chosen former Chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, as his running mate for the 2019 presidential election.

“Mr. Obi’s choice was largely influenced by his youthfulness, vast knowledge of global and local economics as well as being a financial expert, all experience which Nigeria is in great need at this point in time.

“This ticket will be able to steer our nation back on the path of progress, economic prosperity and unity.”

Obi who has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy was born on  July 19, 1961.

He is also a graduate of Lagos Business School, Harvard Business School, London School of Economics, Columbia Business School, Institute of Management, Switzerland, Kellogg Graduate School, Oxford University and Cambridge University.

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