Category: Politics

Prince Ogunleye Concedes Senate Race To Abiru

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Kunle Adelabu -Says Party is supreme The immediate past Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development, Lagos State, and an aspirant for the vacant Lagos East Senatorial seat, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, has toed the path of other aspirants  in opting out of the race for the coveted position. The lawyer cum politician, who is aspiring for the position on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), renounced his aspiration for the seat the same way two other aspirants from Ikorodu, Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, Vice Chairman, APC Lagos East and…

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Lagos East Senatorial Election: GAC Adopts Abiru As Candidate

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Kunle Adelabu -Hon. Olulade, Benson to lead campaign team The candidacy of the Polaris Bank Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, on Tuesday (yesterday) received a boost as the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) ratified him as the consensus candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Senatorial bye – election. The group of the privileged party chieftains and elders within the ruling party had last week pruned the list of the aspirants for the Senatorial race to four from the array of gladiators vying to replace late…

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APC Fixes Senatorial Primary Election For September 3

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Kunle Adelabu -As Asipa Kaoli appeals to party, council chairmen to accept party’s decision The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has fixed its Senatorial primary election for September 3, 2020, to pick its flag bearer for the Lagos East Senatorial bye – election slated to hold in October. The leadership of the party on Monday (yesterday) briefed its local government structures across the Lagos East Senatorial District on the direction which the party is going regarding the Lagos East Senatorial bye-election. THE IMPACT gathered that the leadership of the party,…

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Lagos East Senatorial Seat: How Polaris Bank MD, Tokunbo Abiru Emerged As APC Candidate

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Polaris Bank PLC and former Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, may emerge as the consensus candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Lagos East Senatorial District bye – elections slated for the October, going by feelers from the party. The Lagos East Senatorial seat at the National Assembly became vacant following the demise of the erstwhile occupant, Sen. Adebayo Osinowo who died few months ago after a brief illness. The Independent National Electoral…

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APC Lagos East Leader Jettisons Senatorial Ambition

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Kunle Adelabu A leading aspirant for the vacant Lagos East Senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asipa Kaoli Olatunji Olusanya, has withdrawn from the race. Asipa Kaoli, who is the Vice Chairman of the ruling party in the District and former two – term Commissioner in the State, had few weeks back public declared his interest in the vacant position for which a bye – election has been scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to hold in October. According to report gathered, Asipa…

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Media Should Not Make Mockery of Democratic Process, Senatorial Aspirant Urges

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Kunle Adelabu A Senatorial aspirant and former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Olanrewaju ‘Sunmi’ Odesanya, have urged the media practitioners not to truncate the democratic process with their reportage. The former lawmaker, who also served for a term as Commissioner I in the Lagos State House of Assembly Commission, gave the warning while reacting to some news reports (not in THE IMPACT) that a particular aspirant has been adopted as a consensus candidate of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). He stated that there is…

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Lagos East Senatorial Seat: Leading Aspirant Declares Support For Tokunbo Abiru

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Kunle Adelabu -Pledges loyalty to party supremacy A leading aspirant for the Lagos East Senatorial seat and the Chairman, Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), Otunba Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru, has declared his support for another aspirant, Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, for the Senatorial contest. Incidentally, Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, who is currently the Polaris Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, is a younger brother to Otunba Ganiyu Abiru who was the former Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly and aspirant for the same position during the 2019 electioneering period  but withdrew his…

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I Am Eminently Qualified To Speak For Lagos With My Experience – Hon. Sunmi, Senatorial Aspirant

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Hon. Olanrewaju lsmail (Sunmi) Odesanya was elected to represent the people of Ikorodu Constituency I as Member of the Lagos State House of Assembly between 2003 and 2007 and he’s a former Commissioner of the Lagos State House of Assembly Commission between 2012 and 2017. He was just 34 years when he was elected to the State Assembly where he was the darling of other members of the Assembly and that of his constituents with his oratory prowess and other legislative engagements.  Sunmi is seeking to represent Lagos East constituents…

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Sunmi Odesanya: A Parliamentarian Desirous of Using His Experience For Lagos East, Nigeria.

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Kunle Adelabu Although, Hon. Olanrewaju lsmail (Sunmi) Odesanya spent just one full term as the Representative of the Ikorodu Constituency I at the Lagos State House of Assembly between 2003 and 2007, and did not earn a return ticket due to political dynamism, but his constituents and members of the 6th Assembly still remember the superb legislative performances of the youthful, energetic and sound lawmaker with great oratory prowess on the floor of the Assembly. The trained lawyer, who also had a stint with the Nigeria institute of Journalism (NIJ),…

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Lagos East Bye-Election, Others To Hold October – INEC

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Kunle Adelabu -Parties to pick candidates between August 24 and September 8. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the Lagos East  Senatorial District and Kosofe Constituency ll bye-elections for October 31. These are among vacant 12 Senatorial and State Assembly seats across the country that the electoral body would be conducting election into. The Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe Constituency II seats at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly and the Lagos State House of Assembly became vacant following the death of their former occupants, Sen.…

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