Politics
Agege APC Leaders Debunk Imposition Allegation Claims
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agege and Orile-Agege have roundly debunked and dismissed allegations that chairmanship and councillorship candidates were imposed on the party at the local government primary elections held last Saturday, May 10, at the party secretariat on Acme Road, Ikeja.
Substantive candidates for all 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas (LCDAs) emerged through delegate voting and consensus for the July 12 LG elections.
However, typical of such elections, there is a groundswell of dissent and discontentment in some areas, including Agege and Orile-Agege, where Alhaji Tunde Azeez and Idowu Akinola emerged as chairmanship candidates, leading to claims of candidates’ imposition.
Rising from a meeting at the Agege Local Government Secretariat on Tuesday, the APC leadership in both councils issued a communiqué dismissing the imposition claims and affirming the candidates’ legitimacy.
The communiqué was signed by key party figures, including the member representing Agege 02 Constituency in the House of Assembly, Alhaji Jubril Kareem; House of Representatives member, Hon. Dr. Wale Ahmed; Special Adviser to the Governor on Political, Legislative and Civic Engagement, Hon. Afolabi Tajudeen; Commissioner for Establishment and Training, Hon. Afolabi Ayantayo; APC apex leader, Alhaji Safari Adaranijo; and the first executive chairman of Agege LG, Alhaji Genius Owolabi Dada.
Others are: executive chairman, Agege LG, High Chief Ganiu Kola Egunjobi; executive chairman, Orile-Agege LCDA, Hon Sunday Johnson Babatunde; Ex-Chairman, LAHASCOM, Hon. Richard Akin Osungboye; former party chairman, Alhaji Ayoni Shittu; APC Agege LG Chairman, Alhaji Tunde Azeez; APC Orile-Agege LG Chairman, Hon. Salau Olaniyi; former council chairman and former Member House of Assembly, Hon. Rotimi Adeshina; party leader, Elder Sunday Ajide; and former House of Assembly member, Hon. Ashimiu Adebayo.
In the communiqué, the leaders said, “As far as we are concerned, the primary elections were free and fair; and suggestions by some elements that the candidates that emerged were imposed on them are misleading. Those making these false claims are sore losers, and (had) for years, ostracised themselves from the APC and our communities.”
The communiqué read further, “To put it in context, the likes of MD of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Kayode Opeifa; ex-House of Representatives member, Dr Samuel Adejare; and three-time House of Assembly member, Oluyinka Ogundimu, have moved out of Agege for years in terms of residence and are not involved in the activities of the party in both councils.
“In the same boat is Biodun Ogunji, a chairmanship aspirant in Agege who lives in the UK with his family but came down to Nigeria weeks back for his aspiration. Same thing with his fellow failed aspirant, Bukola Sofidiya, aka Gidado, a US-based Agege politician, and Sola Osolana, who is based in the UK and was the chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Agege in the last council election in the state.
“It is a general knowledge that the leadership of the party in the state, in their wisdom, adopted consensus or delegate voting for the primaries with party local government excos as the voters.”
The leaders declared further, “In Agege and Orile-Agege, exco members were constituted about four years ago when the aforementioned persons distanced themselves from the party in both council areas and its activities, as well as stayed away from our dear communities. In that context, it is only people with limited education and obscurity of positions that would consider themselves as contenders and not pretenders in the just concluded primaries.
Politics
Governor Dauda Lawal Signs Peace Accord Ahead of 2027 Elections, Reaffirms Commitment to Peaceful Poll
Zamfara State Governor, Dr Dauda Lawal, has signed a peace accord ahead of the 2027 general elections, reaffirming the importance of peaceful political participation, mutual respect, and democratic responsibility.
The signing, which took place at the invitation of the Nigeria Police at its headquarters in Gusau Zamfara State, brought together all candidates contesting in the forthcoming elections. Speaking to newsmen after the exercise, Governor Lawal described himself as a peace-loving person and expressed satisfaction with the process, expressing optimism that the 2027 election would be violence-free.
“We need to understand where we are and the responsibility on us that are running for the election,” the Governor said.
He advised youths to stay clear of violence and warned them against allowing themselves to be used as tools by politicians to foment chaos during the election season.
“It is important to know that violence is not the way forward; going round carrying weapons is not the way forward. We should be able to conduct ourselves peacefully during the campaign and election period,” he said.
Governor Lawal also appealed to politicians across the country to remain law-abiding, noting that doing so makes the electoral process seamless.
As political activities gather momentum, the message from the signing remains clear: political competition must never come at the expense of peace, unity and the safety of citizens. Zamfara, according to the Governor’s camp, deserves an election defined by ideas, credible processes, and the will of the people not violence, intimidation or division.
The Governor’s supporters expressed optimism that his achievements will speak for him, stressing that good governance and the dividends of democracy should never be taken for granted. They argued that Zamfara needs continuity to consolidate the gains already made and sustain the progress being recorded across the state.
A group, the Imo First Group (IFG) has described the purported Magistrate court order to arrest Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and the former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, over alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery, as a ruse and fake news
The group stated this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.
IFG challenged those peddling the fake news to make the court order public.
The statement reads ” The fabricated and concocted story was first posted on social media by Hon. Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, a media aide to Governor Hope Uzodimma, before it was picked up by other media outfits, including Arise TV.
According to the statement, those behind the report claimed that a Senior Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja issued a Bench Warrant dated September 9, 2026, following a petition written by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State, Barr. Chukwuemeka Ibejiako, to the Police and DSS on October 8, 2026, over alleged presentation of fake APC primary results.
The Group debunked the existence of any such order.
“We want to state categorically and unequivocally that no jSenior Magistrate ordered or issued any bench warrant for the arrest of Araraume”
IFG however challenged anyone in possession of the purported court order to publish it.
“If you claim to have a court order present same for the public to see,
“This fabricated bench warrant contain in the report is filled with inconsistencies, the bench warrant was dated September 9, 2026, while the REC’s petition that supposedly triggered it was dated October 8, 2026, with case number CR/M/084/2026.
The statement further stated that the purveyors and harbinger of the fake news tried to trick the magistrate via exparte order but was rebuked
“The magistrate bluntly refused to grant their exparte and threatened to arrest them, yet they carried their falsehood about. What’s the problem of occupants of office that never won free and fair elections and tried to destroy reputable Imo sons that have won elections. We challenge anyone in this macabre surugede dance to show the court order or warrant of arrest. It’s preposterous to blackmail decent Imo sons on the altar of dirty politics.”
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