Category: Politics

Kunle ADELABU The emergency meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ikorodu Local Government chapter, on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, witnessed a rowdy session over the nomination of delegates to the party’s Presidential primary election in Abuja, following the rejection of a nominee, Mrs Funmi Basorun, as part of the delegation.   The protest against the nomination of Mrs Bashorun and the demand by the  youths of the party for a slot in the delegation created a tensed atmosphere which ended the meeting abruptly.   The meeting was called to…

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Kunle ADELABU The emergency meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ikorodu Local Government chapter, on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, witnessed a rowdy session over the nomination of delegates to the party’s Presidential primary election in Abuja, following the rejection of a nominee, Mrs Funmi Basorun, as part of the delegation.   The protest against the nomination of Mrs Bashorun and the demand by the  youths of the party for a slot in the delegation created a tensed atmosphere which ended the meeting abruptly.   Details later…

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Kunle ADELABU – Vows That Ikorodu Will Never Be Taken For Granted Again “The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys commonwealth – that is, the natural wealth of localities and the local economies of household, neighbor, and community – and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means”.   With the above quote by Wendell Berry, Otunba Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru, the Chairman, Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) and the former Clerk/Permanent Secretary, Lagos State House of Assembly,…

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Kunle ADELABU As a way of addressing the issue of lack of stadium in Ikorodu which is negatively affecting sporting development across Ikorodu division, the representative of Ikorodu Constituency I, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade and members of the All Stars football clubs in the division have agreed to work together. The footballers, numbering about one hundred, on Sunday, September 2, 2018, also endorsed the three-term lawmaker for another term in office as the representative of Constituency I at the Lagos State House of Assembly. The veteran footballers also pledged their unflinching…

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Kunle ADELABU An aspirant for the Lagos East Senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Otunba Olusegun Ganiyu Abiru, has denied withdrawing from the race.   Abiru who is the Chairman of the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association IKODASS and former Clerk\Permanent Secretary, Lagos State House of Assembly, made this revelation during a discourse on THE IMPACT whatssApp platform on Saturday, September1, 2018.   While assuring his supporters that he cannot be intimidated out of the race, the technocrat also stated, “To me, it is more honourable to…

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Wale JAGUN The Council of Baales in Ikorodu division has endorsed the aspiration of the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Sanai Oyeniran Bolanle Agunbiade,  to run for another term as the lawmaker representing Ikorodu constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly. According to a release by Hon.  Agunbiade’s media team, the Baales, numbering about sixty from different communities in Ikorodu division, made the declaration at a meeting held with the lawmaker in Ikorodu on Monday, August 27, 2018. They were led by the…

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Wale JAGUN & Seun AJAYI The former Senior Special Assistant to the former Governor of Lagos State, Otunba Saheed Ibikunle, has taken a step further in his quest to contest for the Ikorodu Constituency I seat at the Lagos State House of Assembly by publicly declaring his intention.   At the declaration event,  which was held at the premises of the Ultimate Education Concept College, Gbasemo, Aga, Ikorodu, on Friday, August 17, 2018, Hon. Ibikunle also unveiled his campaign agenda to his operational group popularly known as ’Omoluabi’ and others.…

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