2027 Lagos Gubernatorial Elections: Seyi Tinubu and Others Vie for the Seat.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the sitting governor of Lagos State, still has about 30 months to the lapse of his second term in office, but this doesn’t stop potential aspirants from casting their lot and eyeing the seat.

Those eyeing the Alausa Round House from the All Progressive Congress (APC) platform include President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu; immediate past governor of Lagos State, Akinwumi Ambode; serving Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; and Senator Tokunbo Abiru.

Then, from the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), major players involved are 2023 candidate Abdulaziz Olajide Adediran (Jandor) and his Labour Party (LP) colleague, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GVR). Both potential candidates are still carrying the contagious ambition of ruling West Africa’s most commercial city, Lagos.

However, there are factors that come into play when it comes to the various statuses of the candidate. This might shape who comes out as the winner in the competing political party as regards indigeneship, religion, zoning, and other factors. And being Nigerians, familiar with the factor of godfatherism, it is evident that the President’s choice is also a key factor.

Akinwunmi Ambode, who is a Christian, was succeeded by another Christian, Sanwo-Olu. By 2027, Christians would have served for 12 consecutive years, four years less than the 16 years that Muslims Babatunde Fashola and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu served. Therefore, some are hoping that Ambode will return to finish the 16 years for Christians before the state’s leadership shifts back to Muslims.

Seyi Tinubu has currently been receiving a series of endorsements from many groups, just as the Obasa, the longest-serving Speaker of Lagos. Obasa has also added that he’s not too young or inexperienced to run for the seat.

As the normal political tales are told, those who stepped down in 2023 to allow Sanwo-Olu to complete his 8-year tenure would be rearing their heads to succeed the governor.