Category: Politics

Wale Jagun -As Awesu heads to Supreme Court The Court of Appeal sitting at Igbosere, Lagos, on Thursday, November 17, 2022, affirmed the decision of the Federal High Court that Mr Abdulkareem Olugbenga Shittu, is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ikorodu Federal Constituency. Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, had in September, pronounced that Shittu as such following the decision of the PDP to send the name of Mr Abdulazeez Adekunle Awesu as its candidate. A 3 – man panel of…

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has debunked the purported disqualification of its Assembly candidates in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Some online platforms had quoted a former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George, stating that the party’s Assembly candidates were disqualified because the party failed to hold primary elections in some local government areas. Chief George, was reported to have raised alarmed that 21 of the 40 House of Assembly candidates from Agege, Apapa, Badagry, Epe,…

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Wale Jagun  -Rep. Benson, Solaja, Sunmi, Akinsola, Daini, others on the list All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos chapter, on Thursday, inaugurated its campaign Council to oversee the 2023 general elections across the state with a view to ensure victory for the party’s candidates. Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, APC State Chairman at the inauguration charged the Council with Sen. Ganiyu Solomon as Director – General and Ogboni Fuad Oki as its Secretary/Head of Administration, that the party is expecting nothing less than 5 million votes for the Presidential candidate of the party,…

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Kunle Adelabu Months after primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polarized the party and caused serious disaffections, normalcy seems to be returning as the party’s candidate for Ikorodu Constituency I seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Ogunleye Gbolahan Adetokunbo (OGA) brokered peace with one of his major contenders, Mr Oluwatoyin Gafaar Bolowotan. Bolowotan, who was recently reappointed by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, as the Director – General of the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), had challenged the emergence of…

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Kunle Adelabu The Appeal Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned the matter between Mr AbdulAzeez Adekunle Awesu, and Mr Abdul – Kareem Shittu over the candidacy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the coming general elections. The matter was adjourned till October 31, 2022, for hearing. Awesu, who got the PDP mandate as its candidate after the primary which was later taken away from him for Shittu, had appealed the judgment of a Federal High Court also in Lagos presided over by Justice Osiagor…

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun Reactions have continued to trail the emergence of a former Sole Administrator of Ikorodu Local Government and son of the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mr Gbolahan Adetokunbo Ogunleye, as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ikorodu Constituency I, with many querying his capacity to sustain the tempo of quality legislature that the Ikorodu Constituency I has produced since 1999. Many were of the view that the pace and quality legislature set by Hon. Ola Animashaun (1999 – 2003), sustained…

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Kunle Adelabu -Aggrieved aspirant sets to approach Supreme Court The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed Mr Abiodun Aro Moshood (AMA) as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ikorodu Constituency II in the forthcoming General Elections. The Court, in the matter with Suit No: CA/LAG/CV/742/22, on Saturday, October 8, 2022, dismissed the appeal of Mr Oluwatosin Onamade, the Appellant who is challenging the emergence of Mr Abiodun Aro Moshood (AMA), the third Respondent, as the flag bearer of the APC. Judgment in the matter was…

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, uploaded the final list for the Governorship and State Assembly elections on the Commission’s website. The electoral umpire had on Tuesday said that 18 political parties nominated a total of 837 candidates and their running mates for the Governorship elections in 28 States out of the 36 on the Federation Also, according to INEC, a total of 10, 231 candidates are jostling for 993 State Assembly seats. In a statement on its website, the…

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