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I Won’t Let You Down As Your Representative – Gbolahan Ogunleye, Assembly Member – Elect

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Kunle Adelabu Son of the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, and the Ikorodu Constituency I Assembly member-elect, Mr Ogunleye Gbolahan Adetokunbo (OGA), has assured residents of Ikorodu that he will not let them down as their representative. Ogunleye thanked the electorate for coming out to support and vote for him, and the governorship candidate of his party, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, on Saturday. He shared his views with our reporter on Sunday (yesterday), after he was declared and returned as the winner of the Ikorodu Constituency I Assembly…

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Guber Election: We Are Using Our Votes To Challenge Sanwo- Olu, APC In Ikorodu – Residents

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Kunle Adelabu Residents of Ikorodu have stated that they voted massively for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded 2023 General Elections to challenge the government in power to give Ikorodu more attention, especially in terms of infrastructural developments. They also said that the relegation of Ikorodu Division in terms of political appointments has been of great worry, hence, the need to show their political relevance through the ballot box. Ikorodu delivered 50, 353 votes for APC in the Presidential election two weeks ago, which was the highest…

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Sanwo – Olu’s Victory Speech: Lagosians Chose Competence, Experience With My Re – Election

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Wale Jagun The re – elected governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo – Olu, has stated that Lagosians with their votes chose competence and experience in their quest to make the state achieve greatness. Sanwo – Olu made the remarks in his victory speech at the State House. He was declared winner of the gubernatorial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), earlier in the morning. The governor and his party, All Progressive Congress (APC), polled a total of 762,134 votes, securing a comfortable margin of 449,805…

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AA Candidate, Idowu Adeleke Congratulates Ikorodu APC Assembly Member- Elect

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Mariam Akinloye The candidate of the Action Alliance in the just concluded State Assembly election, Mr Idowu Olaiwola Adeleke, has turned out to be the first to congratulate his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Mr Ogunleye Gbolahan Adetokunbo (OGA) who was, earlier today, declared as the winner of the Ikorodu Constituency I Assembly seat in the Saturday’s Gubanatorial and State Assembly elections. In declaring OGA the winner, Prof. Bassey Ubana, the Returning Officer, Ikorodu Constituency I, at the INEC office in Ikorodu, said that the APC candidate polled 37,341 votes.…

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Lagos Governorship Election: INEC Declares Sanwo – Olu Winner

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Kunle Adelabu Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been re – elected and declared winner of the governorship election in Lagos State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, polled a total of 762,134 to defeat Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP) and Abdulazeez Adeniran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) The LP candidate polled 312,329 votes, to emerge second, while the PDP got 62,449 votes. The results were announced by the Returning Officer, Prof Adenike Temifayo-Oladiji, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology Akure,…

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APC Victory: Solomade Boys Prevent Ikorodu LG Boss From Exiting Community After Refusal To Pay

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Kunle Adelabu It was a case of who owns the land and possesses the real power on Sunday in Solomade area of Ikorodu when young guys in the neighbourhood prevented the Ikorodu Local Government Chairman, Hon. Wasiu Adeshina from exiting the community after he refused to pay them for the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC). About ten guys who are based in Solomade had earlier accosted the council boss at the Solomade home of the former Deputy Governor and chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Prince Abiodun…

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Ikorodu Constituency I: Labour Party Assembly Candidate Loses Polling Unit To APC

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Kunle Adelabu The candidate of the Labour Party, Osho Semiu Adetokunbo in the just concluded Assembly election, lost to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Ogunleye Gbolahan Adetokunbo (OGA). Polling unit 006, which was located in front of the LP candidate’s house in Aga, Ikorodu, was effectively manned by the agents of the APC and other members of the party who were fully on the ground, including the LP candidate’s brother. At the end of the exercise, Osho only managed to mobilize 8 votes for the LP in the…

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Senator Abiru, Wife Win Unit For Sanwo – Olu, APC

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Wale Jagun The chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, on Saturday, ensured that the opposition party did not have much vote to win. Abiru, who voted in the Governorship and House of Assembly election at polling unit 011, Odugate Street, Aga in Ikorodu, alongside his wife, Mrs Feyisola Abiru, won his unit for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Mr Babajide Sanwo –Olu, and the party’s Assembly candidate. It was a wide margin between the APC…

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NNPP Assembly Candidate, Former APC Aspirant, Others Commend INEC Over Elections

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Kunle Adelabu and Mariam Akinloye The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been receiving commendations from residents and some of the political parties that fielded candidates in the Saturday’s Governorship and Assembly elections. They commended the electoral body for what they described as free and fair elections.Mr. Onibudo Sodiq Abiodun, the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for the Ikorodu Constituency II seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly, speaking with our reporter after casting his vote, described the election as peaceful and well-conducted. “I will say…

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Ikorodu Decides: Gbolahan Emerges Winner For lkorodu Constituency l Assembly Seat

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Kunle Adelabu The son of the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mr Ogunleye Gbolahan Adetokunbo (OGA), has been declared as the winner of the Ikorodu Constituency I seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly in the election held on Saturday. He was declared winner around 8.15am on Sunday, by Prof. Bassey Ubana, the Returning Officer, Ikorodu Constituency I, at the INEC office in Ikorodu. “This journey started two days ago and today, we are very happy that it has come to a glorious end and I want to…

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