Lagos State House of Assembly member, Desmond Elliot, has apologised to the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, over his conduct during the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Surulere Constituency I seat.
Elliot was seen in a video circulating on social media kneeling before Gbajabiamila and asking for forgiveness while appealing to be accepted back into the APC fold in Lagos.
“I’m sorry, I have no excuse. I have nothing other than to say I’m deeply sorry, and I am hoping to be cultured in the future,” Elliot said.
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The apology followed a disagreement between the lawmaker and the party leadership over the APC primary conducted in May to select the party’s candidate for the Surulere Constituency I seat.
Elliot had withdrawn from the primary, alleging that his supporters were subjected to intimidation and political pressure during the exercise.
He subsequently rejected the outcome of the primary and vowed to challenge the process through the party’s appeal mechanism.
The former actor eventually lost the APC ticket to Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, who secured 11,385 votes in the primary against Elliot’s 270 votes.
Odunuga-Bakare was widely believed to have the backing of Gbajabiamila.
