Category: Politics

Councillorship Primary: Shofowora Declares Support For Saidat Orewale In Imota LCDA

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jare Olukotun In line with the directive from the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State and the apex leaders in Imota LCDA, on the inclusion of a female representative in the 2025 Local Government Councillorship Elections to promote gender balance in politics, Olumide A. Shofowora, a Councillorship aspirant for Ward B in Imota LCDA has stepped down and declared support for Mrs Saidat Orewale. Shofowora, who led the Omo Ologo Group, a political support group under the APC in Imota, has also met with Orewale, in…

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Five Aspirants Step Down For Hon. Ameen Apanisile In Ikorodu North LCDA

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Kunle Adelabu The emergence of Hon. Ola Ameen Apanisile as the consensus candidate for the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in the forthcoming council elections in Ikorodu North LCDA, has been further consolidated as five other aspirants stepped down for him. The feat was achieved on Friday, at the party secretariat in Ikorodu North LCDA during a meeting brokered by the outgoing council chairmen, Bulder Adeola Banjo, and the party chairman, Otunba Tijani Olasunkanmi who himself was a former aspirant before adopting Apanisile as candidate. Other aspirants that adopted Hon. Apanisile…

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Prince Jokotex Appeals to Ikorodu North LCDA Delegates For Support, Votes

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Kunle Adelabu A Chairmanship aspirant in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Prince Adedoyin Ogunbiyi Jokotex, has made a last-minute appeal for support and votes to the delegates from his council. The young aspirant who is aspiring to succeed Builder Adeola Banjo as the chairman of the council when his term expires in the next few weeks said that he has the necessary leadership skills and vision to transform the council. Prince Jokotex and other aspirants will be relying on the delegates in the chairmanship primary elections of the…

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Why Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun Should Be Next Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA – Idris Adeshina, Community Developer

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Wale Jagun The immediate past General Secretary, Igbogbo Day Development Association, Mr Idris Adeshina (Adido), has risen in solidarity with the aspiration of electing Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA) as the next Chairman of Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA. Adeshina, who was former President, Igbogbo Students’ Union (ISU) 2006 – 2007, Clerk – SRC, ISU (2005) and Treasurer, ISU (2004), said that the aspirant played a major role as a coordinator in mobilising the community during the agitation for the creation of additional 37 Local Governments in Lagos that eventually led to the establishment…

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KOLUJO Appeals To Delegates’ Conscience, For Ikorodu

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Jare Olukotun The symbol of KOLUJO Movement, Comrade Japhet Akeem Odesanya, has made a strong appeal to delegates from Ikorodu that will be casting their votes for the chairmanship candidate among the 15 aspirants. The primary election is scheduled to hold at State APC secretariat, ACME Ikeja on Saturday. KOLUJO in a statement to the party chieftains, members, and especially delegates that will be casting votes to decide who amongst the aspirants emerged as the candidate, appealed to their conscience and for the sake of Ikorodu and posterity, to use…

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APC Primaries: Chairmanship Aspirant, Yinka Majekodunmi Appeals For Support

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Mariam Akinloye A chairmanship aspirant in Ikorodu Central Local Government, Hon. Ibrahim Olayinka Majekodunmi, has appealed to the All Progressives Congress, APC leaders and delegates for their support and vote in the coming primary elections. Majekodunmi, who is one of the 15 aspirants to succeed Hon. Wasiu Adeshina as the chairman of Ikorodu Central LGA, will be going to the primary elections. His campaign team in a statement reproduced below, said that now is the time to reward an aspirant who sacrificed his aspiration on two occasions in the interest…

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Aroyewun To Delegates: With Your Votes, You Hold The Sacred Responsibility To Shape Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA

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Wale Jagun -Makes passionate appeal for their votes Ahead of the Saturday, May 10, All Progressives Congress (APC) primary elections, Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA), Chairmanship aspirant for Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) has made passionate appeal to the delegates to see him as their son and servant who is going to the office to serve and not to rule over them. Aroyewun said the council is more than just a council secretariat but a heritage, adding that he will work with stakeholders in making Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA a thriving and…

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LG Elections: We Have Endorsed Apanisile As Ikorodu North APC Candidate – Party Chairman

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Kunle Adelabu Otunba Olasunkanmi Tijani, the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu North Local Government Area (LGA), who also doubled as the party divisional chairman, has confirmed that the incumbent Vice Chairman of the council, Hon. Ola Ameen Apanisile, popularly called, ‘Apa’, has been endorsed as the flagbearer of the party in the forthcoming council elections. The party chairman, who himself was an aspirant until he pulled out of the contest a few days ago, confirmed the development to THE IMPACT at his office on Tuesday, while responding to…

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Lagos APC Clears 432 Aspirants For Primary Elections  

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Wale Jagun -40 confirmed in Ikorodu The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has released the official list of qualified Chairmanship aspirants for the July 12 local government elections. A total 470 aspirants were screened by the party’s Election Committee headed by Barr. Babatunde Ogala SAN. Out of the 470 aspirants, 432 were cleared to contest in the party’s primary elections, while 38 were disqualified or voluntarily withdrew from the race. According to the committee, the disqualifications were primarily due to lack of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), missing APC…

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Who Are The Last Five Aspirants Eyeing The Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA Chairmanship Seat On APC Platform?

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Kunle Adelabu From about 15 aspirants some of whom started their campaigns since last year till last week, when the All Progressives Congress, APC, released its electoral guidelines and directed interested aspirants vying for the Chairmanship and Councillorship positions across the 57 LGAs and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state; the number of those aspiring to succeed Builder Sesan Daini, the incumbent chairman who only has few weeks in office to complete his two terms of eight years has reduced to five. While the chairmanship form was N5.5…

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