Lagos council polls: Politicians besiege LASIEC office as commission displays candidates’ list

Politicians across different political parties on Tuesday besieged the Yaba head office of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) to view the list of validated and invalidated candidates released by the commission ahead of the July 22 council polls.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no fewer than 100 politicians, some of them candidates ,were seen at the office keenly viewing the displayed list.
NAN correspondent who was at the commission’s office sighted the names of no fewer than 1,300 chairmanship and councillorship candidates of various parties on the list.
Out of the total on the list, no fewer than 20 candidates of different parties had their candidacy invalidated for not meeting eligibility criteria.
Some others have the validation of their candidacy pending as they were asked to present either their tax clearance, their Curriculum Vitae or both for clearance.