{
  "id": 9384138,
  "title": "Ex-Lagos LG chair, aspirant fault APC expulsion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/ex-lagos-lg-chair-aspirant-fault-apc-expulsion",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T18:08:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/ex-lagos-lg-chair-aspirant-fault-apc-expulsion/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Agege Local Government Chairman, Ganiyu Egunjobi, and former Agege Constituency II aspirant, Azeez Yusuf, have announced that they resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in July, prior to the Lagos State chapter of the party's announcement of their expulsion on September 23. Egunjobi and Yusuf made this claim in a statement released on Wednesday in response to their expulsion from the APC for alleged anti-party activities and disloyalty. In their statement, the duo argued that they had already left the APC and joined the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) before their expulsion was announced. The Lagos APC Chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, had previously announced their expulsion on September 23, citing the party's invocation of Article 9(5)(II) of its constitution. Egunjobi and Yusuf maintained that their decision to leave the APC was a response to what they perceived as the party's failure to address their grievances over its primary elections.",
  "summary": "A former Agege LG chairman, Ganiyu Egunjobi, and an aspirant, Azeez Yusuf, have faulted their expulsion from the APC, stating they resigned weeks earlier. Read More: https://punchng.com/ex-lagos-lg-chair-aspirant-fault-apc-expulsion/",
  "key_points": [
    "Former Agege LGA Chairman Ganiyu Egunjobi and Azeez Yusuf resigned from APC in July.",
    "They announced resignation before APC's September 23 expulsion announcement.",
    "Egunjobi and Yusuf joined APM after leaving APC, claim in statement."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Ex-Lagos LG chair, aspirant fault APC expulsion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/ex-lagos-lg-chair-aspirant-fault-apc-expulsion-9389531",
        "published": "2026-09-23T18:38:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}