I’m still in the race, says Osinowo

LAGOS East senatorial aspirant Bayo Osinowo said yesterday that he remains in the race for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket.

He spoke against the background of the statement of  the party’s national secretariat, which listed Senator Gbenga Ashafa as the only cleared aspirant in the constituency.

Osinowo, a long-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, in a statement by his media adviser Ibrahim Ladega, said “We are aware of the news about clearance of aspirants. We have not been given any official information.

“I can tell you categorically that there is no iota of truth in it. It is absolutely untrue. It is a mere propaganda from wherever it may have emanated from, but I can tell you Hon. Osinowo is very much in the race and he will participate in the primary.”.

As at yesterday, the Senate primary had not been held in Lagos State.