Category: Politics

I Will Go Back To Understand My Constituency Better – AMA, Elected Assembly Member

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Kunle Adelabu The elected lawmaker that will represent the Ikorodu Constituency II in the 10th Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), has said that he will go back to study and have better understanding of his constituency before his inauguration. AMA, spoke with THE IMPACT about his emergence immediately after his declaration as winner of the Saturday’s Assembly election in Constituency II which comprises of Igbogbo/Bayeku, Ijede and Imota Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Ikorodu Division. He was also full of praise for the re…

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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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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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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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Assembly Election 2023: AMA, APC Ikorodu Constituency II Assembly Candidate Declared Winner

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ikorodu Constituency II Assembly seat, Mr Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), has been declared the winner of the House of Assembly election held on Saturday, March 18, 2023. He was declared winner and returned by Dr Folashade Afolabi, the Returning Officer, Ikorodu Constituency II, with 26, 920. Dr Afolabi, while declaring the results, said: “I, Folasade Afolabi, hereby, declare that I am the Returning Officer of the Ikorodu Constituency II Assembly election held on the 18th…

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Asipa Kaoli, Agunbiade, Akinsola, Others Win For Sanwo – Olu, APC Assembly Candidates

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Kunle Adelabu, Mariam Akinloye & Odede Efezino Kenneth Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Local Organising Committee for the 2023 General elections in Ikorodu Division, Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, the Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade and former Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Adebimpe Akinsola, on Saturday, March 18, 2023, delivered their respective polling units for the Governor Babajide Sanwo – Olu’s re – election. They also won the Assembly elections for the APC candidates. It was also victory for APC in the polling units of…

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2023 Elections: APC State Scribe, Former Ikorodu SLG Win Polling Unit

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Kunle Adelabu Chieftains and notable figures within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu, are delivering their polling units for the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Saturday Gubernatorial election, and ensuring that the re – election of the incumbent Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, is possible. The State Scribe of the party, Hon. Olanrewaju ‘Sunmi’ Odesanya, and the former Secretary to the Ikorodu Local Government, Comrade Japethet Odesanya in booth 002, Home Economic Centre, Owolowo/Olubi Street, Ikorodu, followed the trend of other leaders of the party by winning…

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