The All Progressives Congress (APC) party in Lagos State, has charged residents of the Lagos East Senatorial district to come out en-masse and vote for candidates of the party on Saturday October 31, 2020.
The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs Dr Wale Ahmed, gave the charge at the weekend at the Ikosi-Ketu Local Development Council Area (LCDA), where he had inaugurated a number of projects delivered by the Chair person of the council, Princess Abolanle Bada.
He said though there are no doubt that the APC would come out tops at the election, the victory must be so convincing as to lay to rest the dominance of the party in the state.
The APC is fielding Mr Tokunbo Abiru and Femi Saheed for the vacant Lagos East senatorial district as well as the Kosofe II seat at the Lagos State House of Assembly respectively at the bye-election.
“That we would beat all other contestants is not in doubt, but we are appealing to you to come out in large numbers and vote massively for our party so that all those people would be so shocked and embarrassed that they would think twice before coming out to contest any election in the state in the future,” the Commissioner said.
Ahmed who was accompanied by leaders of the party, including two members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) members Prince Muyiwa Sosanya, and Alhaji Mutiu Are, the GAC Secretary, said the APC have been delivering and would continued to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.
He therefore commended the council chair person for all the people oriented projects, which according to him, would lift the Ikosi-Ketu LCDA and make life more abundant for the people.
Pa Sosanya, said a victory for the APC is the best way to immortalise the memory of the late Senator Bayo Osinowo of the Lagos East Senatorial district, who he described as a big fish in Lagos politics and Hon. Tunde Braimoh, another consummate politician representing Kosofe constituency II, in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
He therefore appealed to the people to come out and vote for the party’s candidates in the bye-election who would replace them, adding that the two candidates are seasoned politicians who would continue to work for the peace and advancement of policies and programmes of the party in Lagos State.
Earlier, the Chairperson Princess Bada the projects being inaugurated were started and completed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
She said five roads; among them the Ademola Osinowo, Alhaji Yekini Aromolate, Olayemi Odutayo, Alhaji Jamiu Balogun and Femi Ogun Streets a customary court located inside the council secretariat and seven operational vehicles.
She commended all party chieftains in the council for their unflinching support even as she urged residents to continue to pay their levies and rates in order to boost the council’s IGR.
