Category: Politics

Lagos East Senatorial Election: Ikorodu Electorate Give Hon. Osinowo 42, 770 Votes To Defeat Princess Oyefusi

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Kunle ADELABU The four term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Kosofe Constituency and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  for the Lagos East Senatorial District, Hon. Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo, has secured the majority votes in Ikorodu. He polled 42, 770 votes to beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and daughter of former Ayangbure of Ikorodu,  Princess Oyeniran who got 20, 382 votes. Other results declared in Ikorodu for the Senatorial election are A – 79 votes, AAC – 15 votes, ACD – 65…

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Presidential Election: Buhari Polls 40, 719, To Win Atiku, Others In Ikorodu

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Kunle ADELABU The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, President Muhammudu Buhari and his Vice Presidential candidate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, have polled 40, 719 votes to beat their main rival and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his Vice, Peter Oba, who polled 21, 719 votes. In the election held on Saturday across the 19 wards in Ikorodu local government, President Buhari won in all the wards. The total registered votes for the Presidential election was 66, 283, while the number of valid votes was 63,…

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2019 General Elections: Hon. Benson Polls 42, 563 Votes To Win Ikorodu Federal Constituency Election For Second Term

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Kunle ADELABU The incumbent representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives and the candidate of the All Progress Congress (APC)  for the same seat, Hon. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has secured a return ticket to the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly. He polled 40, 563 votes in the Presidential/National Assembly elections held on Saturday (yesterday) across the 19 wards in Ikorodu Local Government. Returning Hon. Benson as the winner of the election, the INEC Returning Officer in Ikorodu,  Dr Musa Adebayo Obalola, an Associate Professor,…

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Presidential/National Assembly Elections: President Buhari, Hon. Osinowo, Hon. Benson Emerge Winners In Ikorodu

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Kunle ADELABU Presidential Election APC – 40, 719 votes PDP – 21, 252 votes AAC – 410 votes PCP – 375 votes Prof Ilupeju Akanbi, the Presidential Collation Officer in Ikorodu made the announcement at 5pm at the INEC office located within the GRA, Ikorodu Senatorial Election APC 42, 770 PDP – 20, 382 A – 79 votes AAC – 15 votes ACD – 65 votes AD – 204 votes ADC – 464 votes ADP – 332 votes CAP – 45 votes ID – 10 votes KP – 44 votes…

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Presidential/National Assembly Elections: Hon. Agunbiade, Hon. Dabiri-Erewa, Prince Ogunleye, Royal Fathers Describe Elections As Free, Fair

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Kunle ADELABU -Elections not credible – AAC Senatorial candidate, ADP Governorship candidate The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, the Chairman of National Diaspora Commission and the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa and the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, and others have described the Presidential/National Assembly elections in Ikorodu as credible, free and fair. They spoke with THE IMPACT at different polling units in Ikorodu during the exercise…

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Ikorodu Monarch Dissatisfied With Number of Registered Voters In Lagos, Ikorodu

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Kunle ADELABU -Says No To Electoral Violence The Permanent Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs and the paramount ruler of Ikorodu Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabir Adewale Shotobi,  Ayangbure of Ikorodu,  has expressed his displeasure at the number of registered voters in his domain and Lagos State in general. Oba Shotobi expressed his dissatisfaction at the 6 million and about 340,000 voters that registered for the 2019 General Elections in Lagos State and Ikorodu Local Government respectively while receiving Monitors of the Nigeria Election Violence Report…

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Asipa Kaoli Did Not Betray Ikorodu On Senatorial Primary – Hon. Bayo Osinowo Media Team

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Wale JAGUN The Media Team of Hon. Bayo Osinowo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Lagos East Senatorial District in the coming election, has denied the accusations that the State Vice Chairman of the party, Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, worked against the interest of Ikorodu by supporting the emergence of Hon.  Osinowo as the candidate of the party. Following the statement allegedly made by the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that the former Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in the State “led leaders from Ikorodu to my…

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Tinubu Woos Igbo Voters In Lagos for APC

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National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday appealed to Igbo in Lagos State to vote the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February and March elections. Tinubu made the appeal in Ikeja while addressing party faithful at a stakeholders meeting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was called to perfect the party’s preparedness for the rescheduled elections on Feb. 23 and March 9 in the state. The party leader said the APC government never discriminates against people…

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Buhari’s Last Minute Campaign Filled With Fabrications, False Figures – PDP

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast speech on Thursday as a last gasp of a drowning administration, laced with fabrications and false performance claims, characteristic of a failed leader, who has been rejected by the people.   PDP, in a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, said “it is rather too late in the day for President Buhari to redeem himself with an academic speech as Nigerians, having moved ahead with the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, are no longer ready to listen to his…

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