Category: Politics

Who Gets Major Opposition Party, PDP Lagos East Senatorial Ticket?

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Kunle Adelabu While the much talk about Lagos East Senatorial bye-election has been scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold on October 31, six aspirants have shown their interest in emerging the flag bearer of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the election. Though, the ruling APC has dominated headlines as several gladiators have shown interest to vie for the seat to replace the former occupant, Senator Adebayo Osinowo who died few months ago after one year into his four year tenure, the…

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Former Lagos Lawmaker Commends GAC For Abiru’s Choice As APC Senatorial Candidate

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Kunle Adelabu Hon. Olanrewaju ‘Sunmi’ Odesanya, the Representative of the Ikorodu Constituency I at the Lagos State House of Assembly between 2003 and 2007 and a Senatorial aspirant, has commended the wisdom of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, for the choice of Mr Tokunbo Abiru as the candidate of the party for the forthcoming Lagos East Senatorial bye-election. Hon. Sunmi, who was also appointed for a term as Commissioner I in the Lagos State House of Assembly Commission, was one of…

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Gbadamosi , Agnes Pick Senatorial Form As PDP Fixes Primary Election For Sept 5

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Kunle Adelabu The main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has fixed its Senatorial primary election for September 5 to pick its flag bearer for the October 31 bye-election.  Six aspirants are jostling for the opposition party’s ticket to claim the seat from the ruling APC. Mr Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi (Ikorodu), Princess Abiodun Oyefusi (Ikorodu), Mrs Sadiat Odofin Fafowora (Ikorodu), Yeye Agnes Shobajo  (Shomolu), Moshood Babatunde Olanrewaju ( Bob Turner) (Epe) and Aare Oladotun Hassan (Ibeju Lekki) are those aspiring to emerge the party’s flagbearer for the bye-election. The opposition…

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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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