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  • Mainland residents give kudos to Tinubu, Tunji Bello

    A broad spectrum of residents of Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State has commended the APC leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who, according to them, played the most pivotal role to ensure a landslide victory for the party at the recently concluded general election, not only in Lagos State, but the nation as a whole.

    The mainlanders also expressed that one particular factor for which they will ever remain grateful to the APC leader was his achievement in producing a wonderful leader like Hon. Tunji Bello, Secretary to the Lagos State Government, whose pragmatic intervention in the affairs of Mainalnd Local Government Area has not only turned around the lots of the people for the better, but also contributed to the massive votes recorded in the area, during the gubernatorial and presidential elections.

    President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, Alhaji Kareem Osoba, commended Hon. Tunji Bello for his mobilizational acumen, humility, empathy, listening ear and, above all, his immense philanthropic gesture to the people which contributed largely to the victory of the party in Lagos Mainland.

    Theatre artistes and members of CAMPAN Mainland chapter, Taiwo Hassan Ogogo, Sherifat Ilerika, Alhaji Abiodun Kakawa, Alhaji Saheed Yusuf (aka Saida Theatre), said that mainlanders owe Hon. Tunji Bello a huge debt of gratitude for the landslide victory recorded by the APC at the gubernatorial election.

    “As a strategist, Tunji Bello knows that as artistes, we have a large body of fans and followers. For this reason and particularly because of his natural spirit of generosity to everyone who crosses his path, he takes special interest in us. He has been taking active interest in our welfare. Therefore, when he appealed to us to support the APC because of the progressive cause it champions, we had no option than to listen to him. After all, one good turn deserves another.

    Hon. Oyedeji Tunde Osele, National Secretary Video Club Owners’ Association of Nigeria, said: “Tunji Bello’s contribution in lifting the APC to an enviable height in Lagos Mainland is fantastic. He has done very well; he has proved himself to be a real master of the game. He indeed saved the day because prior to the elections, there had been lots of aggrieved members.

    President Association of Lagos State Indigenes, Mainland chapter, and also a chieftain of the APC, Alhaji Ganiyu Salako, said Tunji Bello inspired party members to mount an aggressive door-to-door campaign in the Mainland Local Government Area.

  • Ekiti fed up with PDP’s bad rule, says APC leader

    A leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Nestor Binabo, yesterday said  the victory of the party in Ekiti State is a testimony that the people are fed up with the backward leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    Binabo appealed to the Governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi, to ensure good governance by avoiding the pitfalls of his predecessor, Ayodele Fayose.

    The APC stalwart described Fayemi as the best for Ekiti, and commended the people  for replacing backwardness with progress and development.

    Speaking in Yenagoa, Binabo, a former acting governor in Bayelsa, said having governed Ekiti before and spearheaded an important ministry, Fayemi had the requisite knowledge and experience to develop Ekiti further.

    Binabo, a former Speaker of the Bayelsa House of Assembly, said the victory of Fayemi redefined the political landscape of the Southwest.

  • Edo APC removes Publicity Secretary 

    Edo APC removes Publicity Secretary 

    Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Mr. Godwin Erhahon, has been removed.

    Mr. Erhahon was renovated following a vote of no confidence passed on him at a meeting of the State Executive Committee of the party.

    Erhahon was suspended from the party last year for issuing unauthorized statements which were said to have caused embarrassment to the party.

    State Secretary of the APC, Mr. Lawrence Okah, who confirmed the removal of Erhahon said the party also upheld the reversal of the suspension orders earlier placed on some party members in Uhumnwonde Local Government.

    Okah explained that the suspension was reversed because of the intervention by the party caucus.

    His words, “Consequent upon the mediation of the disciplinary Committee of the party, the suspension orders on some party leaders in Esan North East, Esan South East and Esan Central, were reversed after apologies were tendered by the erring leaders, who have now resolved to work together with other stakeholders of the party”.

    He stated that Mr. Chris Azebamwen, another APC leader from Orhiomwon Local Government Area has been appointed as the new spokesman for the party.

    Reacting to his removal, Erhahon said he was not surprised bu the decision of the State Executive Committee.

    He said, “All my entitlement in the party has been withheld since July last year. This month made it the 14th month, the three months suspension was supposed to end in March but it lingered till Thursday, so it did not come to me as surprise.

    “I use to think that the immediate past governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was behind it but I have seen he has no hand in it. He is against it and he is still against it. The implication is that the merger between the CPC and the APC in the state has been completely wiped out”.

     

  • Ambode, Ashafa, others bid APC leader, Sunmola final farewell

    Ambode, Ashafa, others bid APC leader, Sunmola final farewell

    Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, Chief Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Mudasiru Obasa  and hundreds of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, yesterday bade a deceased chieftain of the party,  Alh. Safiriyu Abiodun Sunmola final good bye .

    Sunmola died last  Thursday in Lagos and was interred at his country home, off Obalende area of Ijebu – Ode, Ogun State yesterday. He was 77.

    Dignitaries including  politicians and members of the Muslim community in Ijebu – Ode as well as the Mende – Maryland area of Lagos who were still pained by the shock of his passage, said Sunmola would be “greatly missed.”

    Governor Ambode, Senator Ashafa and Senator Olurunnibe Mamora all maintained mournful mood all through and unwilling to speak with journalists but some other dignitaries said Sunmola’s manner of exit was “like a  joke and play” to them.

    The Chief Imam of Ijebuland, described the late  Sunmola as a man of “good character,” saying even when he was not holding any elective office  or appointment, his death and burial drew the presence of people cutting across all strata of the society.

     

  • Gunmen kill APC leader

    Gunmen kill APC leader

    There is panic ahead of tomorrow’s governorship election, following the killing of the Deputy Ward Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Diseye Dickson.

    It was learnt that Dickson was murdered on Wednesday by gunmen, who stormed his community at Odi in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government.

    They were clad in military uniform.

    The state leadership of the APC alleged that the gunmen, who killed its Odi Ward 1 deputy chairman, were Peoples Democratic Party’(PDP’s) thugs.

    Dickson was reportedly shot dead about 11pm.

    The Nation gathered that eight assailants invaded the community to kidnap Chief Watson Ogoriba, the elder brother to a former two-time member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Warman Ogoriba.

    But they failed, as their target escaped and contacted the police.

    The gunmen were said to have killed Dickson when leaving the community.

    A source from the community, who spoke in confidence, said: “It was a case of failed kidnap attempt and it could also be political. Everybody knows that Warman is the APC leader in the area and his opponents might have decided to abduct or even kill his brother to hurt him.

    “Why will they kill an APC chieftain? We want the police to investigate this matter.”

    The APC, through the Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation (SICO), claimed that the killing was carried out by suspected thugs hired by the PDP.

    SICO’s Director of Media and Publicity (SICO) Chief Nathan Egba said: “As at this morning, the body of Dickson was lying in a pool of blood where he was killed.

    “This is the second killing carried out by the PDP since the campaigns started.

    “A Ward Chairman of our party in Ekeremor Local Government, Mr. Andrew June, was killed with a machete. We condemn this act of desperation by the PDP to attack and intimidate our supporters.

    “This killing is wicked, unwarranted and provocative. APC and the campaign organisation have urged the police and other security agencies to step up their patrol, to prevent further attack. The killers must not be allowed to go unpunished.”