Category: Politics

Kunle Adelabu The political atmosphere in Ikorodu North LCDA is not giving aspirants any loop for relaxing at all as the former chairman of the council, Hon. Kunle Ogunbela formally joined the race for the Chairmanship position, with the procurement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form. Hon. Ogunbela, THE IMPACT reports, has commenced signing of the form with appropriate leaders this morning. You will recall that THE IMPACT on Thursday reported that Otunba Olasunkanmi Tijani, former Vice Chairman to Hon. Ogunbela and later the Chairman, Ikorodu North LCDA…

Kunle Adelabu The former Special Adviser on Education, Otunba (Dr) Fatai Olajide Olukoga, has withdrawn his aspiration to administer the Ikorodu Local Government decades after he had the mandate to administer the Ojo Local Government. Otunba Olukoga who oversaw the activities of tertiary institutions across Lagos State during his time as the Special Adviser on Education, announced his withdrawal from the 2025 chairmanship race in a chat with our reporter last night. He simply responded to our reporter’s question when he was asked if he had purchased the party’s nomination…

Kunle Adelabu As the 2025 council elections moved into swing, real contenders have started proving their worth by storming the All Progressives Congress (APC) Secretariat at ACME, Ikeja, to collect the party nomination forms. Between yesterday and today, a few of the aspirants from Ikorodu Local Government and Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA have obtained their forms and started signing the same with the party leaders. As at the time of filing this report, Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA) who is vying to replace Builder Sesan Daini as the Chairman of Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, was…

Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu – born Canada based young businessman, Ibrahim Alani Onibudo, popularly called ‘Prince of Quebec’ or ‘Budo Allen’ has pulled out of the race for the Ikorodu Local Government Chairmanship. Onibudo confirmed to THE IMPACT in an online chat this afternoon. About seven aspirants have so far collected the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form for the Ikorodu LG race. The decision of Onibudo to pull out of the race due to personal reasons, THE IMPACT gathered came to many of his supporters and others rooting for…

Kunle Adelabu A former House of Representatives aspirant, Qs. Abdulazeez Adekunle Awesu, has crossed to the Labour Party (LP) and will be flying the main opposition party’s flag in the forthcoming local government elections in Ikorodu Local Government. Awesu was, until recently, a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Chairmanship position, before switching to the LP where he also got the ticket of the party. The young politician and Quantity Surveyor confirmed to THE IMPACT in Ikorodu today, his new party where he would be achieving his…

Kunle Adelabu Three more aspirants vying for the Chairmanship position of the Ikorodu Local Government (Ikorodu Central Local Government), have been screened three weeks after the screening panel led by Alhaji Gafaar concluded the exercise. Azeez Lamina, publisher of the Waves Magazine and Gbadebo Taofeek Oluwafemi, Chairman, Lagos judiciary union who were at Umrah during the first screening and Idowu Alli, an energy expert that was on duty call abroad for his company, were screened by the panel in the rescheduled screening at the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in…

Kunle Adelabu The Mandate Movement (TMM), Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has affirmed that it is the turn of the Justice Forum (JF) to produce the next Chairman of the council. The group stated that the current council boss, Builder Sesan Daini, who is a chieftain of the TMM, will be completing his two terms of eight years in the next few weeks, and added that he became the council chairman through the rotational arrangement between the two groups. In a statement…