Category: Politics

Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun The electorate across the five Local Government in the Lagos East Senatorial District on Saturday, December 5, 2020, went to the poll to elect a Senator to fill  the vacant seat of the District at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. Incidentally, the two leading candidates for the position – Mr Adetokunbo Mikhail Abiru and Mr Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) respectively, are from Ikorodu Local Government. In casting their votes across the…

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye -Gbadamosi wins ward, area The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Lagos East Senatorial bye – election and former Group Managing Director, Polaris Bank PLC, Mr Adetokunbo Mikhail Abiru, proved his emergence as a political force in Ikorodu and Lagos State politics with a clear electoral victory over his major opponent, Mr Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi,  the candidate of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the Saturday, December 5 election. Abiru emerged as the Senator – elect with 19, 204, while…

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Kunle Adelabu -Royal fathers call for peaceful election, charge candidate to implement promises.      Mr Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi, the Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Lagos East bye – election slated for Saturday, December 5, 2020, has stated that his primary legislative agenda, if elected, will be restructuring of the polity. The Ikorodu – born estate developer also said that he intends to fight for the local government in getting back their constitutional functions and rights to collect certain revenue which, according  to him,  has been…

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Wale Jagun The Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the December 5 Lagos East bye – election, Mr Adetokunbo Mikhail Abiru, has stated that his election will bring a new era into the representation in the District. Abiru, the former Group Managing Director, Polaris Bank Plc, and former Commissioner for Finance, Lagos State, also pledged to represent the people of the Lagos East with commitment, integrity and passion and to deploy his economic, social and professional connections towards delivering quality representation. The senatorial hopeful stated this in…

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Wale Jagun As the countdown to the Lagos East Senatorial bye-election gets intensified, youths have been encouraged to come out en masse to vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tokunbo Abiru. Director General of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Toyin Gafaar Bolowotan, gave this charge, while he also revealed that he was impressed not just by the resume of Tokunbo Abiru who is the immediate past Managing Director of Polaris Bank, but also by the numerous plans he has for the people of the Senatorial district,…

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Wale Jagun The ruling party in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has once again stated that its candidate for the Lagos East Senatorial bye – election, slated for this coming Saturday (December 5), Mr Adetokunbo Mikahil Abiru, remains the candidate to beat.  In a statement signed by Seye Oladejo, Lagos APC Spokesman, the party also disowned an opinion poll allegedly predicting victory for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi, the bye-election.  “Our candidate, Tokunbo Abiru, remains the candidate to beat. He represents…

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