Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, hailed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area, Prince Ibrahim Kehinde Oladega, for his sense of loyalty and patriotism to the party despite losing the chairmanship ticket in the recently concluded primaries.
Sanwo-Olu gave the commendation when he hosted APC chairmanship and councillorship candidates in the July 12 Local Government Elections at a stakeholders’ parley held at the State House, Marina, where the governor presented the party’s flag to all the APC candidates.
While delivering his speech centered on the need for the party members not to take the forthcoming election for granted and to work for the success of the party, the governor asked Oladega, who anchored the event, to come out for special recognition for standing by the party despite losing tickets twice.
Sanwo-Olu said: ” He (Oladega) also bought nomination form for elective position (twice) but today he is a happy boy. He is the person who teaches me how to speak the Awori dialect, and his time will soon come to get there.
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”He (Oladega) is a prince, yet he did not leave the party once the leaders decided on the direction the party was taking with regards to who the candidate is.”
He (Oladega) is still the one anchoring today’s event and calling all the candidates. If he had left the party, would he have had the hour to anchor today’s event? Such is the example I want you people to look at and emulate that, whatever it is our differences, we must resolve them and come together because a house that stands together stands united. So, let us use Oladega as an example of an aspirant who did not become a candidate, yet, his loyalty to the party is unflinching. This is what we should take home to our communities that we are happy, and the governor and all party leaders have not taken us for granted.”
”Seeing us in a uniform fabric says something that we are united and that we are a party that did not take people for granted and that we are united and we must ensure that we do not disappoint all the leaders that have come to validate and support your candidacy,” Sanwo-Olu added.