LAGOS BANS OKADA, TRICYCLES IN 15 LOCAL COUNCILS

PRESS RELEASE

…Restricts Their Operations On 50 Highways, Bridges

Lagos State Government on Monday wielded the big stick against the menace of commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke NAPEP), proscribing their operations in six Local Government Areas (LGAs), nine Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) and 10 major highways across the State with effect from February 1.

The State Government directed security operatives to embark on a total enforcement of the State’s Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018 to immediately address the chaos and disorderliness created by illegal operations of Okada and tricycle riders in restricted areas.

Besides, the Government also banned Okada and tricycles from plying 40 bridges and flyovers across the State.

Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, who made the announcement at the State House in Alausa, said the measures were taken by the Government in response to “scary figures” of fatal accidents recorded from operations of Okada and tricycles in the State between 2016 and 2019.

Omotoso said the lack of regard for the Lagos Traffic Laws by the Okada and tricycle riders had resulted in preventable loss of lives, adding that their impermissible movements on restricted highways had also contributed to traffic jams.

He said: “After a robust assessment of the debate on what has been widely referred to as the motorcycle (Okada) and tricycle (Keke) menace, the Lagos State Government and the State Security Council have decided that the security and safety of lives of Lagosians are paramount.

“The figures are scary. From 2016 to 2019, there were over 10,000 accidents recorded at the General Hospitals alone. This number excludes unreported cases and those recorded by other hospitals. The total number of deaths from reported cases is over 600 as at date.

“Also, the rate of crimes aided by Okada and Keke keeps rising. They are also used as getaway means by criminals. Therefore, after consultations with stakeholders, the State Security Council, in compliance with the extant Transport Sector Reform Law 2018, has decided to commence enforcement of the law which bans the operation of Okada and Keke in six Local Government Areas and nine Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).”

Omotoso said the enforcement would be total, warning that the Government would deal with violators in accordance with the Laws. He added that there would be zero tolerance for the movement of the banned vehicles on the listed highways and bridges.

According to the Commissioner, operations of Okada and Keke NAPEP have been banned in the following LGAs and LCDAs: Apapa LGA, Apapa Iganmu LCDA, Lagos Mainland LGA, Yaba LCDA, Surulere LGA, Itire-Ikate LCDA, and Coker-Aguda LCDA.

Others are Ikeja LGA, Onigbongbo, LCDA, Ojodu LCDA, Eti-Osa LGA, Ikoyi-Obalende LCDA, and Iru-Victoria Island LCDA, Lagos Island LGA and Lagos Island East LCDA.

The Okada and Keke NAPEP are restricted on the following highways and bridges:

Major Highways

1. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

2. Apapa-Oshodi Expressway

3. Oworonshoki-Oshodi Expressway

4. Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway

5. Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway

6. Eti-Osa/Lekki-Epe Expressway

7. Lagos-Badagry Expressway

8. Funsho Williams Avenue

9. Agege Motor Road

10. Eti-Osa Lekki Coastal Road

Bridges

1. Iyana- Ipaja Bridge Agege

2. Dopemu Bridge Agege

3. Airport/Ikeja Bridge

4. Agege Motor road/oshodi Loop, Oshodi

5. Mushin/Isolo Link Bridge

6. Dorman Long Bridge

7. Ojuelegba Bridge

8. National Stadium Flyover

9. Apapa-Iganmu Bridge

10. Apapa-Ijora Link Bridge

11. Liverpool Bridge, Apapa

12. Mile 2 Bridge-Loop, Amuwo-Odofin

13. Okota (cele)/Ijesha Link Bridge

14. Apakun/Apapa-Oshodi Bridge Network

15. Ikorodu Road/Anthony Clover leaf Bridge

16. Trade Fair Flyover Bridge

17. Festac/Amuwo-Odofin Link Bridge

18. 2 Flyover Bridges along Alhaji Masha Road

19. Ojota Clover leaf Bridge

20. Ogudu Bridge

21. 3rd Mainland Bridge

22. Maryland flyover

23. Ikeja General Hospital Flyover Bridge

24. Kodesoh Bridge, Oba Akran, Ikeja

25. Opebi Link Bridge

26. Sheraton-Opebi Bridge

27. Jibowu/Yaba flyover Bridge

28. Carter Bridge, Lagos

29. Bariga-Ifako Bridge

30. Apapa-Oshodi Expressway/Alapere Bridge

31. Bariga/Oworonsoki Bridge

32. Apapa-Oshodi Expressway/Gbagada U-Turn

33. Apapa-Oshodi Expressway

34. 3rd Mainland/Oworonsoki Bridge

35. Eko Bridge

36. Apongbon flyover Bridge

37. Cowry Bridge (Officers Mess)

38. Mcwen Bridge (Bonny Camp)

39. Marina/Ikoyi Bridge

40. Ikoyi/Obalende Bridge

SIGNED

GBOYEGA AKOSILE

CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY

JANUARY 27, 2020

UNVEILING THE ULTIMATE MULTIMILLIONAIRE LAGOS TRANSPORT UNION BOSS MUSILIU AKINSANYA AKA 'MC OLUOMO. He makes at least 1 billion annually. '

... Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo

... with son 

... in business class 

...With Governor of Atlanta & son 

 

... with daughters (6)

... with sons (3)

Musiliu Akinsanya is the super popular State Chairman of the Road Transport Union in Lagos, the State of Excellence. Those who coined the phrase Eko for Show must have had their reasons for coming up with such a tag and truly so, there's no lie about the tag. Everything about Lagos and those who live there and those who are from there is loud for a purpose. So just imagine

Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya who is better known or more popularly known as MC Oluomo, apart from being the state chairman of the transport union in Lagos right now, a post he assumed very recently, after being the state treasurer for the last few years, is also an unflinching disciple of the National Leader of the current ruling party the APC, in the person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Jagaban Borgu. In fact the story has it that, he is one of the strongest and uncompromising foot soldiers of the Asiwaju, one who makes sure that the directions and words of the leader, he holds in high esteem is followed to the last letter. And for his undoubted and unflinching loyalty, he is well rewarded too.

His nickname MC, his famous alias was coined from his given name Musiliu by a much older lady he used to know growing up, who now resides in Canada when he was still in primary school and it stuck and Oluomo is his chieftaincy title given to him by as many as 22 kings from (Ejigbo, Isolo, Oshodi & Igbeba area) led by the Oba (Osolo) of Isolo, Oba Kolawole Kabiru Adelaja Agbabiaka.

That loyalty to his boss and in fighting over who should be the leader of their union nearly cost him his life though, during the campaigns at the last elections, as he was nearly annihilated, but for divine providence. According to the folklore, he was stabbed with a poisoned dagger, complications from which he wasn't supposed to have survived from, but someway, somehow, somewhat he did. And from being just a treasurer of the state union then, with his domain or main base in Oshodi, he has now risen to become the overall boss, with all authority in Lagos, the State of Excellence. It didn't come easy though.

To head (become the head honcho) or get to the top of the transport union across the South West states of Nigeria, is not an easy feat or task at all. Most often to get to the post, it's like a war is declared and the likelihood of surviving such war or battle is 50-50, with either the person passing on untimely or that the supporters would die or get maimed as they try to install their own. It is always a free for all, where all sorts of weapons and violent means are employed.

Why does the succession, which should normally be smooth and democratic, always attract such unmitigated violence? We have thought to dig to know why and what we have found out is very eye-opening to say the least.

Those who are lucky enough to get to the head of the various units and then rise gradually to the top state-wise are like emperors and lords of the manors, with absolute control who wields power like absolute leaders likes od Napoleon or even Adolf. Once you have gotten to some sort of leadership position and have tasted of the goodies that comes with it, you do not ever want to leave. Hence the mad competition and the readiness to take out any perceived competitions or rivals.

Just imagine that part of the fun, is that all the famous local musicians would start to sing your praise like you are a demigod! For many in this positions, that alone can make their head swell uncontrollably to such unbelievable levels. Also, the number of people at your beck and call alone, groveling to meet all your demands are totally unbelievable to say the least. In fact, in fact the leaders are like kings in control of some very strong madcaps that can go to any length to please their bosses. The position has been so elevated that you get to rub shoulders with the powers that be as a stakeholder. But the main reason from what we have discovered, is the kind of money that these leaders get to make per day. Yes you read correct, PER DAY.

Let's give the correct scenario as it obtains. While MC Oluomo was the lord of manor in charge of Oshodi, in Lagos alone, which has just 52 units under it, he was entitled to [N15,000 Naira per unit] for food alone per day. And it is a must for them to pay the sum. The total for that alone comes to N780,000 Naira per day. That is (seven hundred and eighty thousand Naira) every day! Please understand this very well, that the amount mentioned is just the money set aside for food per day from the units for their boss-MC Oluomo. We reiterate again that the N780,000 is only just for food per day. That alone comes to (N284,700,000 Naira per year), that is Two hundred and eighty four million, seven hundred thousand Naira. Plus or minus that comes to at least N200m Naira per year. This doesn't include the money for other things, like recharge cards etc. We hear that if you go as a visitor to see the boss, another large amount would be contributed immediately tagged visitor's entertainment money. From what we hear, the large part of the N780,000 goes to MC's 3 wives, who gets between N150,000 to N200,000 each or more from the daily contributions.

Just imagine then how much the wives alone can have in a year, if they were smart enough to save or invest in something meaningful! Now you can all pretty well understand why women in large numbers would swarm or surround these men in these positions! No wonder these men are always swarmed by the Nollywood actresses and others who see them as their automatic teller machines (ATMs).

If you now put all things well into proper consideration then, it must mean that MC used to cart home on a daily basis, at least N1.5m Naira. Why would he not  be flying ✈ first class or business class anyhow then? N1.5m per day for a year comes to N547,500,000 (Five hundred and fourty seven million, five hundred thousand Naira, that is at least half a billion Naira in just one year. Hmmmmmm....

Now please juxtapose that amount with what he now gets as the overall state chairman of the union. From our investigations, for just food alone now from all the units in the whole state he gets between N1.5m to N1.8m or even N2m per day. This doesn't include all other money that accrues to him. So if in all, he gets at least between N2.2m & N2.5m and it could be far more than this, it must mean he would cart home at least between N803,000,000 & N912,500,0000 Naira a year. That is near a staggering N1billion Naira a year! This staggering amount doesn't include other monies that comes from patronage of all sorts too. Imagine if it is now an election year, just try to think about how much such a chairman who is seen as a major stakeholder would make then!

So in a year, MC Oluomo doesn't make less than a guaranteed N500M and it can get to N1billion Naira a year. As the state chairman, he has at least 4 years tenure, which can still be renewed too. So in 4 years, plus or minus the dude is guaranteed N2bn to N4bn Naira and it can be far more than that. Na wa ooooooo.....

Why then wouldn't he buy wonders-on-wheels or build humongous edifices in numbers as he likes?

Why wouldn't the musicians, loads of them at that and others sing his praised to high heavens and he would spray such money like it is nothing?

Why wouldn't he be married to 3 wives and can even marry another again if he so wishes? As a Moslem he can marry 4. And with the wives he can still have several girlfriends outside too!

Why wouldn't he have his 6 daughters and 3 sons schooling abroad. Far away from all the troubles in Lagos, where they cannot be touched by any sort of violence that can kill or maim others, who are so unfortunate to be here in harms way?

From just being a road transport union executive, moving from a bus boy (bus conductor) to what he is now. The dude who could only finish at Primary 6, Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo is now a certified multimillionaire whose cash value and assets can not be less than N5billion Naira and it can even be far much more than that. He now hobnobs with the powers that be, like several Governors in the South West and has even stood shoulder to shoulder with an American state Governor before.

And if all we hear is anything to go by, he could even become an honorable Commissioner in charge of a portfolio in Lagos State, sometime in the nearest future!

Is that a possibility????.......

Nothing is ever impossible in Nigeria!!!!! 

SHULAMITE OLUFUNKE ADEBOLU ERSTWHILE LAGOS COMMISSIONER REMOVED WITHOUT A MENTION & REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. WHAT'S GOING ON?

Mrs. Shulamite Olufunke Adebolu

... With the Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu. 

Mrs. Shulamite Olufunke Adebolu's nomination as a Commissioner in Lagos State was met with a lot of joy, happiness and great expectations, as everyone and her fans in great numbers inclusive, had thought it was a very well deserved appointment then. One of the many reasons been that, like many of those appointed by the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu to help him steer the boat of the administration of the state appropriately, she is a professional to the core and a brilliant one at that, not a politician at all by any stretch.

The 46 year old married lawyer by training, before coming on board as an administrator appointed to oversee the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry in Lagos State, the State of Aquatic Excellence, had done quite good in her private endeavors, where she had excelled brilliantly.

So when she was given the portfolio as the former Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, until when she was removed abruptly yesterday, it was a welcomed development, that all and sundry applauded. People felt that someone who could do a brilliant, most excellent job after taking over from the past commissioner, Mr. Steve Ayorinde had come on board.

So just imagine the utter shock and total disbelief that heralded the announcement yesterday, when in a so called minor reshuffling just yesterday, Thursday, January 16, 2020 when as announced by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in the person of Mr. Gboyega Akosile, one of those that many had applauded was going to do a brilliant job for the State, was unceremoniously and quietly removed from the state's cabinet without even a quiet mention as to why or what must have necessitated such a decision!!!!

And since that press release of yesterday, tongues have been wagging, with unsubstantiated speculations flying about everywhere.

Could there have been a clash of some sort?

Could there have been some sort of a battle of wits, with the combatants not ready to back down or yield and the end result of which, has led to either the SACK or resignation!

What could have transpired so early in an administration that's still trying to come to the grips of things and whose members have not even spent up to 6 months yet on their various saddles?

What could the brilliant, well trained lawyer have done, that the only thing that could remedy the situation is a sack?

What's going on????

Shuli, as the beautiful mother of 3 and former Commissioner is fondly called by those close to her, is 46 years old and would be 47 come April 8, 2020 as she was born on the same date in 1973.

She had her primary education at the famous Home Science School, Ikoyi, before going abroad to continue her secondary education and A-levels. She got a 2nd Class Upper Graduate degree in Law from the University of Hertfordshire in 1995, then off to the College of Law, Guilford, Surrey, UK in 1996.

She is a Management Consultant with over 22 years of experience. She was an Associate Director at PwC's Advisory Service. She's a Subject Matter Expert in Information, Implementation and Execution of Government Delivery Units. She had worked in some capacity with the former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, though she has come in then as consultant until she became one of the supposed shining stars of the Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu Administration, from which she has now been removed now when she's just about clocking at least 6 months on the job.

Find below the Press release that announced the change, which didn't mention anything whatsoever about why she was dismissed, removed, sacked or sent packing--

PRESS RELEASE

SANWO-OLU RESHUFFLES CABINET, WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced minor cabinet reshuffle, with the appointment of three new members.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Gboyega Akosile said eight cabinet portfolios affected by the redeployment include ministries of Local Government, ministry of Special Duties, Wealth Creation and Employment, Tourism, Arts and Culture, Home Affairs as well as Waterfront Infrastructure. Others are the Central Business District and Urban Development.

According to Akosile, Governor Sanwo-Olu has moved three commissioners around, while two Special Advisers have been assigned new roles as commissioners. Affected commissioners and their new portfolios are: Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr. Wale Ahmed who has now been moved to Local Government and Community Affairs; Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, formerly Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs has been moved to the Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment.

Also, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf has been moved from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture as Honourable Commissioner.

Two former Special Advisers, Prince Anofiu Elegushi and Architect Kabiru Ahmed are now assigned to the Ministries of Home Affairs and Waterfront Infrastructure as Honourable Commissioners respectively.

The Governor, according to Akosile also announced portfolios of the new cabinet members. They are Engr. Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, Commissioner-designate (Special Duties), Mr. Oyerinde Olugbenga Olanrewaju, Special Adviser-designate (Central Business District) and Hon. Ayuba Ganiu Adele, Special Adviser-designate (Urban Development).

Governor Sanwo-Olu thanked members of the Lagos State House of Assembly for believing in the Executive and carrying out the ratification of the cabinet nominees in a manner devoid of mere political considerations other than the interests of the electorate, assuring that his action is in line with his administration’s vision of delivering good governance to the residents of Lagos.

The new appointments and redeployments, Sanwo-Olu said are intended to create a new energy and vivacity for continued delivery of values to the government of Lagos and provision of service to millions of Lagosians.



SIGNED

GBOYEGA AKOSILE

CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY

JANUARY 16, 2020

PASTOR TUNDE BAKARE DIRECTS A VEILED, TOTALLY CAUSTIC JAB AT BOURDILLON-CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENTIAL HOPE-FOOLS!

Pastor Tunde Bakare

Since 1999, that's about 20 years now, the 'unofficial seat of power' in Lagos has been the residence of the man described famously as the 'Lion of Bourdillon', in the person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It is at his place in Ikoyi, Lagos, that everything that happens or must happen to shape Lagos State, Nigeria's smallest but richest state, the one that is also known as the 'state of aquatic excellence', comes from. 

From that formidable enclave of power has emerged and without any interruption whatsoever, 4 succeesive administrations. That's talking about the 8 years of the Asiwaju administration which handed over to another 8 years of the BRF administration which in turn, handed over to the 4 years administration of Akinwunmi Ambode, that now handed over to the present administration of Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu, an administration that some have speculated might only just do 4 years, meaning just a term. Meaning the administration could end by 2023.

The year 2023 from all that's already going on now, by all indications, it promises to be a very interesting one. Just imagine that for a year that's still up coming and that's about 4 years away, (3 years and a few months to be more precise), the kind of jostling, the positioning that's already on going, is highly unprecedented and unbelievable!

As concerning that year and further, one of Nigeria's more prominent personalities who seem to have a inkling about how it could play out, in the person of Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly in his most recent message at his church on Sunday, October 27, 2019 had some major things to say about how things could play out in the future and how it would affect the occupant of the Bourdillon enclave. Though he only gave a cryptic message that mentioned no name or any one, but anyone that could decipher, can easily deduce or place, the direct target of his arrows (that is his fiery pronouncements).

Hear him-
"the people are praising the one who stole from them, and regarding him as a generous man.

"a truly generous man is a man who “devises generous things, and by generosity, he shall stand”.

“The eyes of those who see will not be dim. The ears of those who hear will listen. Also, the heart of the rash will understand knowledge and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly,"

“The foolish person would no longer be called generous. You can say ‘so so and so’ has stolen all the money in the state, but he is a very generous man, you are foolish.

“That’s why potholes are killing you, that’s what pools of water… you can’t drive now anymore because what is meant for road has been stolen since democracy began, they are living larger than life having jets here, having jets there, having house in Bourdillon, having house in this place, having house in that place, having house in every place at the expense of the public.

“You will not go without vomiting what you have stolen. Wait, and see. Because a king will reign in righteousness and princes will rule with justice. Unfortunately, Nigerian people, you celebrate your villains and crucify your heroes.”

"the government has not done right by the people.

“You’re complaining about Flood. Since 1999 the condition of this road for 30 years now since I’ve been here has remained the same. They’ll do patch-patch, join-join, until rain comes and reveal that they have not been right with the people,”

“And you think your children will stand shoulder high above the perversity you have created? I see the race to 2023, congratulations Presidential ‘hope-fools’. You cannot, you have stolen what belong to all.

“You can tell the man, he is a very generous man, he would pay for your hospital bill. Because he didn’t build hospitals. The foolish person will no longer be called generous.

“Woe betides the government that does not know that the purpose of government is the welfare of the people.”

IS LAGOS STATE TRULY TERRIBLY BROKE? HOW COME AND WHY?

Sanwoolu & Hamzat

We don't want to sound alarmist for any reason whatsoever. But when you begin to hear some things repeatedly in the midst of some people who should know, then you know it's not a joke neither are they just throwing words around like they have nothing to do. Yes, we truly understand that an idle hand is a devil's workshop. But we also know very well that many of these people are not charlatans, neither are they bereft of work, so not engaging in idle talk.

What we have heard consistently over the last few weeks is that, Lagos is actually, very broke! What????? Where did you get that from? A whole Lagos???? You mean a whole state of aquatic excellence, that's so freaking rich compared to all other states? Imagine with all the avenues for internally generated revenue? This same Lagos that's the envy of all the other states, such that every one else wants to copy their style and model? Yes ooooo, it's the same Lagos.

According to the very underground gist, the state is so very broke, such that if care is not taken, she might not be able to pay salaries or better still meet her obligations as at when due, from the next few months! Some are even claiming that the last administration didn't leave much at all or didn't leave anything at all (that's pretty hard to believe though). The no funds at all tale, might actually be the reason why the points man for that particular administration in the person of Akinwunmi Ambode and some of his commissioners are going through unbelievable scrutiny for sometime now.

Unlike how it used to obtain, with the state house of assembly normally getting well taken care of, with good flow, it seems like the expected flow to them haven't been as forthcoming as expected and as at when due. And because that administration and this current administration being one of the same, with the difference just only been that the people running the affairs of each, are different, this is why they would prefer not to bring too much attention/scrutiny to the problem, but would prefer to just handle it more internally like a Yoruba saying goes - "when 2 parleys are not in tandem and not united, at the end both might end up losing"(ti awo o ba gba awo nigbowo, awo a tee, awo a fa ya").

Is this outrageous tale of brokenness the reason why our current Governor seem to be impotent? Or it's just that things are so overwhelming, he is just still grappling with the humongous issues, whilst looking for the best solutions to fit each to solve them once and for all? Even if it's as true as we have stated it, this story would be denied with vehemence. Since it's APC that was there before and even before, and it's still APC that's there now, it's better to keep all under wrap then to cause more issues. If this administration which would only do a term, except something extraordinary happens to change that, doesn't come good at the end of it all, APC might find it hard to win again at the next election, except if the opposition would be foolish again, to field an incompetent loser. 

LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT VIA THE LASAA REACTS TO TEKNO NEAR NAKED GALS IN TRUCK🚚

The public woke up to a viral video showcasing some near naked ladies dancing provocatively in a transparent truck this morning at the toll gate and before anyone could say Jack Robinson or should we say more appropriately Usain Bolt, the said video had gone viral, with many reacting in shock and utter disbelief.

Imagine that some even exclaimed rather angrily that it was one of the signs of the end of time as the Bible was supposed to have proclaimed it. In all, many couldn't believe what they had watched or seen, near naked gals scantily clad dancing around a poll so seductively with a dude egging them on and slapping their bums, that some even were asking the question to ascertain if truly the video was recorded in Nigeria!

We can tell you for free, that the video is part of the making of the video for a new song by Tekno. And we are too sure we all remember who TEKNO Miles whose real name is Augustine Miles Kelechi with badass hits like Pana, Rara etc is. He is the awesome singer, songwriter and producer that's on Ubi Franklin's TrippleMG label. The 26 year old young man has enjoyed so much attention in the last 2 years, with back to back hits.

The director of the outrageously sexy video is a dude by the name TG Omori, whose Instagram handle is boy_director, whose profile reads- ex-pornstar and it was actually shot at the Lagos toll gate truly, which actually left the mouth of those there when it was getting shot agape.

In reaction to the outrageousness of the whole shenanigan, which got the shock attention of the public, which was in actual fact, the actual intention of those making the video, the Lagos State Government through one of her agencies-LASAA reacted by sending out the press release below-

*Press Release*

Indecent Advertising Truck at Lekki Toll gate

The attention of the Lagos State Signage & Advertisement Agency(LASAA), has been drawn to a viral video on social media of a ​ queer display of semi-nude women in an outdoor Mobile advertising truck around the Lekki/Ikoyi toll gate .

While the agency is working on ascertaining the status of the truck with Lagos State plate number.APP713XL, we wish to state, without equivocation that, no outdoor mobile advert truck within the jurisdiction of our dear state is licensed to display such crass immorality of the calibre that the owner(s) of this truck exhibited on our roads over the weekend.

The government of Lagos State, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwoolu, has zero tolerance for any slightest attempt by anyone, under any guise, to debase the moral fabric of our dear state. Nobody can hide under the guise of engaging in outdoor advertising business to display obscenity that is antithetical to our cherished cultural and moral values.

The full weight of the law, as enshrined in the Agency's extant law, will be meted on the company owning this erring outdoor mobile truck. We assure members of the public that the Agency shall henceforth scrutinize activities of mobile trucks to forestall a recurrence of such an avoidable obscenity.

Signed

Mobolaji Sanusi
MD/CEO

BABAJIDE OLUSOLA SANWOOLU DAZZLES ALL WITH HIS 1ST OFFICIAL ADDRESS AROUSING THE EXCELLENT SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM-"AWAKENING A GREATER LAGOS"

H.E, THE 15TH EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE, GOVERNOR BABAJIDE OLUSOLA SANWOOLU 

PROTOCOL

By the grace of Almighty God and Your votes, I stand before you today as your Governor. (Pause)
This day marks the beginning of a new chapter in our journey to greatness. Today, I ask you to join me on this journey to awaken a Greater Lagos.

When we speak of a Greater Lagos, we speak not empty words. It is a deep and profound assertion we mean.

We intend to make history by making for ourselves and our children a better future.
Therefore, on this day, on this precious land we call our home, let us stand together in the very face of history.

Let us vow to ourselves, and to posterity that we shall not just dream of a Greater Lagos. Let us agree this day that we shall collectively rise up to build the Lagos of our dreams.

We need not be discouraged by the challenges that may be apparent. Today is an opportunity for us to forge ahead in our quest for a Greater Lagos.

It is possible!

No one should ever underestimate the spirit of Lagos and the resilience of its people. Yes, hard problems may confront us, but we will also confront them. Every problem will lose its potency to our unity.

Therefore, Lagosians, in this new chapter of our lives, we need not cry or fret. We are united by our common purpose of a Greater Lagos and fulfilling future.

Posterity has given us this day to commence our journey to greatness. We need to envision the glorious end of working together, tirelessly and committedly, towards achieving a Lagos of our dreams. By our individual and collective efforts and the Grace of God, these dreams will become a reality.

In Lagos State, our story has been of successes and achievements. Since 1999, our tradition of progressive governance has set Lagos apart and strengthened people’s belief in our ideology.

And that is the very reason I stand before you on this historic day as your Governor. While we celebrate the victory of progressive governance and democracy, tomorrow we must be ready to stand on guard and be fully vigilant.

Democracy and progressive governance hold only to the extent that we protect and nurture them. While Lagos glimmers as a beacon of progressive and quality governance, our nation now undergoes a historic battle to establish progressive and just governance.

Lagos must again rise and help lead this nation to fuller progress and to a closer realization of the greatness that exists within all Nigerians.

This inauguration symbolizes such an awakening.

Today, I stand before you as your governor, but also as your friend, brother; neighbor and your servant. I stand here to ask that you join me to script and fashion this greater Lagos with the creativity of our minds.

More after the break.

ZAPPHAIRE EVENTS BOSS FUNKE BUCKNOR-OBRUTHE & OAKEN EVENTS BOSS AYIRI OLADUNMOYE MAKE 17 MEN SANWOOLU INAGURATION COMMITTEE TEAM

Funke Bucknor-Obruthe of Zapphaire Events 

Ayiri Oladunmoye of Oaken Events Limited 

In order for a successful and hitch free inauguration of the incoming administration of Governor Elect of Lagos, Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu, the incoming Governor has announced a 17 men and women strong team/committee that includes 2 of the biggest and the best event engineers/architects/coordinators/managers in Nigeria in the person's of Funke Bucknor-Obruthe of Zapphaire Events & Ayiri Oladunmoye of Oaken Events Limited.

Between these 2 events giants, they have handled and coordinated some of the biggest and best events all over Nigeria and also outside the shores of Nigeria. The 2 brands in fact recently handled the different days of the wedding ceremonies of the Imoukhuedes and the Fowlers. Funke Bucknor-Obruthe has won several awards as 1st rate, 7 stars event manager and if called Miss Events in Nigeria, one would not be mistaken at all. Oaken Events were the event managers that successfully handled the 'awesome and intimidating Dubai wedding' wedding ceremony of the first son of Mr. Billionaire, Jide Omokore of the SPOG Petrochemicals fame. It is a wedding ceremony that still rings bell even after many years already. The sheer luxury that was displayed and the caliber of those that flew in, in torrents would not be forgotten in a hurry, Dubai knew in those few days that Nigeria was never to be toyed with. They also were the ones in charge at 'Innocent and Annie Idibia's humongous destination wedding' also in Dubai, several years back just to mention a few in the brand's staggering resume.

These 2 strong women who have made a mark in their specialty and forte would join hands with others, also very able personalities under the able leadership of 'Hon. Tayo Ayinde' the 'DG of BOSICG' (Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu Independent Campaign Group), who had successfully coordinated the campaign organization of the incoming Governor. It has been said that part of the major reason the campaign structure of BOS performed meritoriously was because of the exemplary leadership of Hon. Tayo Ayinde. His organizational skills and man management abilities are said to border on the extraordinary.

Other members of the inauguration team are the APC Women Leader in Lagos, Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, Mrs. Obiageli Onu
Alhaji Abdullahi Enilolobo
Mr. Kamal Salau-Bashua
Mr. Olatunji Disu
Mr. Kappo Emmanuel
Mr. Bolaji Durojaiye
Mrs. Olabopo Odiachi
Mr. Bimbo Onabanjo
Mr. Ajala Rasaq
Mrs. Taiwo Abiodun
Mr. Gboyega Akosile
Mr. Lanre Adeyinka
Mr. Sesan Daini
Mr. Idris Aregbe

AND THE WINNER IS... BABAJIDE OLUSOLA SANWOOLU, GOVERNOR Elect, LAGOS STATE OF NIGERIA

Governor Elect, Lagos, Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu 

Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, Deputy Governor Elect, Lagos State 

Their Excellencies, BOS & KOH

This wasn't just a win, it was a summary defeat of the most unprecedented kind. If there was a better word or figure of speech better than landslide, then it would have been much better to use, so for want of another word to use we would just say it was a landslide victory. For the amiable candidate of the APC, represented by none other than Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu, total vote was 739,445 and for the gentleman known to all as Jimi Agabaje aka JK of the PDP, total vote is 206, 141 meaning even if, Agbaje's vote was multiplied by three (3), still yet he wouldn't have been able to defeat, the APC candidate.

So what that means is that the margin of win was twice the nos of votes the PDP man got overall, that meant that the win was total in all ramifications with a margin of 533,304 votes.

It was a comprehensive win in all the LGAs of the state as follows-
Lagos Mainland-27333 to 7265
Lagos Island-31991 to 4346
Epe LGA-35609 to 6464
Ikeja LGA-28592 to 8109
Ikorodu LGA-45879 to 14769
Amuwo-Odofin-23267 to 13700
Ibeji-Lekki LGA-23398 to 3320
Agege LGA-38515 to 8371
Apapa LGA-20469 to 5959
Somolu LGA-40408 to 9991
Eti-Osa LGA-30504 to 10678
Oshodi-Isolo-39945 to 12585
Mushin LGA-51899 to 8751
Kosofe LGA-44423 to 14351
Surulere LGA-39986 to 13733
Badagry LGA-28921 to 10089
Ifako-Ijaiye LGA-35144 to 7233
Ajeromi-Ifelodun-43975 to 14690
Alimosho LGA-78379 to 22135
Ojo LGA-30904 to 9602.

So with the above result and having polled the majority results and satisfied the requirements, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu of APC on Lagos was declared the winner of the Lagos State Governorship Election 2019 & Governor Elect by the INEC returning officer for the state, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University of Ife, in the person of Prof. Eyitayo Ogunbodede.

With this win, the fine gentleman also known by his initials BOS, would take the baton as the next Executive Governor of the most powerful state in Nigeria from the hand of his excellency, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, who God willing might be taking up a federal appointment in the 2nd term of President Muhammadu Buhari.

A massive and very unreserved congratulations to the duo of Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu and his Deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat. May your time in charge of the State of excellence, lift Lagos very high up, far above in all ways. 

JIMI AGBAJE & THE TOKUNBO AFIKUYOMI CONNECTION. THAT MULTI-MILLION NAIRA STUPENDOUS LARGESSE & THE PLOT TO TAKE OVER LAGOS BY ANY MEANS Necessary INCLUDING THE NEED TO STAIN BOLA AHMED TINUBU

Jimi Agbaje 

Akinwunmi Ambode 

Tokunbo AFIKUYOMI 

Atiku Abubakar 

Bitter over defeat, Atiku agents hunt for Tinubu, eye Lagos takeover

*Jimi Agbaje meets Afikuyomi at Intercontinental Hotel
*Recuits Agbakoba, Odumakin, CSOs

A forceful takeover of Lagos is the “consolation prize” being contemplated by the camp of Atiku Abubakar after a crushing defeat by President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential polls last Saturday, it has been gathered.
This was one of the resolutions of an emergency strategy meeting held by the Atiku team when it became apparent that President Buhari had won by a wide margin, the first being a formal rejection of APC’s victory as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat Atiku who scored 11,262,978.

Even as the PDP flagbearer is still mulling his legal team to challenge Buhari at the election tribunal, his strategists within the PDP are of the opinion that taking over Lagos, the nation’s commercial nevercentre, will enable the opposition party become an effective countervailing force to APC controlling Abuja, the political headquarters.
Recall that a similar bid was launched for Lagos in April 2015 by then President Goodluck Jonathan with the deployment of jetloads of dollars to induce voters after PDP lost the presidential polls to APC, but to no avail.

To actualize the Lagos takeover plot this time, we can confirm that a huge war-chest has been mobilized by the Atiku camp to finance ahead of the March 9 state elections a vicious smear campaign against the strongman of Lagos politics and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, believed to have coordinated PDP’s defeat as the Co-Chairman of Buhari’s Presidential Campaign Council.
Specifically, Atiku’s hatchetmen are to spread anti-Tinubu messages in the traditional media and social media, deploying any “means necessary”.

The first leg of the strategy meeting, it was reliably gathered, held at highbrow Intercontinental Hotel on Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island, Lagos Saturday night where the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, met with Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi and a few others to perfect the plan to recruit a faction of Afenifere and willing human rights activists to create a facade that the anti-Tinubu campaign is the initiative of civil society organizations (CSOs).

The suppprt of the likes of Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, Mr. Yinka Odumakin has been secured in this connection.

In fact, the inaugural press conference is to be addressed by Mr. Agbakoba and Odumakin whose relentless media offensive against Buhari had failed to sway Yoruba votes to Atiku across the South-West last Saturday.
Afikuyomi, described last night as a “Judas” after benefitting politically from Tinubu in APC, was said to have been part of the “Dubai retreat” hosted late last year by the Atiku camp after winning the PDP presidential ticket to draw up a “war plan” against Buhari.
To evade public scrutiny or being accused of “anti-party activity” by APC, Afikuyomi was said to have opted out of the Dubai-Abuja flight and rather adopted a decoy by flying to Lagos through Uganda.

Interestingly, Afikuyomi had been the chief coordinator of the second term bid by the outgoing Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos which crashed in the APC primaries held in October in 2018.

Furthermore, the involvement of another Ambode’s core supporter, Mr. Wale Oluwo, in the latest plot against APC interest in Lagos set tongues wagging again last night.

Oluwo, who resigned as the Lagos State Commissioner for Energy, has been described as one of the “cashiers” in the anti-Tinubu plot, having superintendented over the multi-billion Naira street lights projects exclusively under Ambode and has serially been fingered as the secret “emissary” between Ambode and Agbaje.
On quitting the Lagos cabinet last October, Oluwo declared support for Agbaje’s governorship ambition.

More after the break.

GAME ON AS JIMI AGBAJE UNVEILS FORMIDABLE DEPUTY ASPIRANT

Oluwayemisi Haleemat Busari

It is quite obvious that come 2019, as it concerns the Gubernatorial election in Lagos State, the state also known to the world as the State of Aquatic excellence, the state many often refers to as "Eko for show", come that election, it ain't gonna be a walk-over as some have already contemplated!!!

It is like suddenly, the battle cry "awake O sleeping giant", has resonated very well and has gotten to the major opposition and they have awoken somewhat, and are gradually bringing out the bird steadily from their pocket at their own pace without being bamboozled!

It is obvious now by all indications that the opposition, especially the main opposition, which is the PDP, are getting set for a major battle with the APC. And to downplay them, or to belittle them would be at the peril of the ruling party, the APC. What is now most obvious is that they seem to have taken their time to study the terrain very well and may be willing to give it all that it takes to wrest power from the APC, in what would be considered as the biggest upset in the history of Nigeria so far!!!

For now, things seem to be gelling for them too. From the little feelers that we have begun to get, they seem to be crossing their t's and dotting their i's and wants to unleash on the state, what she has never known nor experienced before. In fact in a way that the state has never expected before. So every one had better sit up tight!

For Jimi Agbaje aka JK, who we all had thought and felt was comatose and slow before, just with a few actions of him now, it's now gradually becoming apparent that he might have deliberately taken the position of the proverbial ram, who deliberately took many steps backward that the opponent misunderstood and misinterpreted as steps of fear, only to suddenly realize that the ram had actually done the reverse, just to go gain massive momentum for the massive charge to annihilate the opponent, who had miscalculated because of a false sense of entitlement and also because the Ram had actually also being in disguise all the while.

In the choice of the Deputy Governorship Aspirant, Jimi Agbaje might have applied an outstanding masterstroke of unimaginable proportion. First his choice in the person of 'Oluwayemisi Haleemat Busari' is spot on. Then also, her profile is intimidating by all standards. Then again that he picked a woman and such a one as he picked, really counts for a lot, unlike the male-male candidacy of the APC. And he was also very careful to also pick a Christian/Moslem ticket also too.

The fact is that, not only is Mrs. Oluwayemisi Busari brilliant, she could have stood for the Governorship itself herself, had she wanted or of she was a politician, but instead she is a technocrat in all facets. In fact we know her one-on-one and can attest to the fact that she's not a pushover by any means.

According to the information at our disposal, we heard that she didn't in any way or manner lobby at all to be nominated, but she was actually headhunted to find the most suitable, most perfect person to balance the equation JK and OB. Oluwayemisi Haleemat Busari, was born on September 24, 1964, making her 54 of illustrious heritage. Her late dad, Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Shehu Giwa from Isale Agoro Epe, was a successful businessman and the Vice-President of 'Jamatul Islammiya of Nigeria', while her mom Alhaja Muyibat Abeni Mopelola Giwa (nee Shonibare) also a very successful businesswoman, was a princess from the "Kosoko Royal family of Isale Eko, on the Lagos Island. The Epe & Isale Eko, Lagos Island factor means, Oluwayemisi Busari is a "native Lagosian true and true" and in some quarters, that actually means a whole lot,

Please peruse her impressive profile below---

'Oluwayemisi Haleemat Busari is an accomplished legal practitioner with almost three decades of extensive experience in the areas of company secretarial, corporate governance, litigation and commercial law practices. She started her career in legal practice at the prestigious Irving and Bonnar/ Bentley Edu law firm in Lagos. She joined the firm in 1992 and rose to the position of a senior associate before she left in 1999 to join the Honeywell Group, (one of Nigeria’s leading indigenous conglomerates) as Company Secretary/ Legal Adviser.

More after the break.

Ambode: A Bull in a China Shop - Olawale Olaleye

If after watching Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s world press conference, which concluded a few minutes ago and you still did not think he is unworthy of a second chance, then, you are corruptly limited in your understanding of the inherent issues that are standing imposingly against this churlish governor.

Let’s start with his demeanor. It was very ungubernatorial. There is no debating that. His utterances were totally uncouth, childish and boorish. He left even the undiscerning without any jot of doubt that he is what he currently is: a bull in a china shop – evidently frustrated.

For the short period that the news conference lasted, coupled with the fact that the question and answer session might have been ‘arranged’ as it is always the style, I was glued to the screen observing only his countenance and the environmental nuances and all I saw was a man very well determined to destroy whatever it was that he met in the party and the government in the name of a second term, which is not a right but privilege.

Of course, it clearly does appear that he is unable to distinguish between right and privilege and by crossing the line of decency whilst struggling to make his warped points, thus unrestrainedly throwing impossible darts at his opponent, says a lot about who he truly is. He has been misconstrued all along. Whoever prepped him for that session is a disaster in public relations and image management.

Imagine a governor saying an opponent from the same party, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was once at a rehab? The same Ambode alleged to have a case file at a psychiatric centre during the 2014 campaigns and the entire party formation rallied round him? But he had the indecency of reckless abandon to land such a hard punch.

He didn’t stop there. He also regaled us with the story how Sanwo-Olu once spent fake dollars in the US and was arrested. But how come he was quick to forget he allegedly defaulted in the payment of a mortgage, aside other immoral details of his escapades that were considered unbefitting of a governorship candidate but ‘killed’ for his ambition to thrive?

For me, Ambode just confirmed a saying in Yoruba that where a family still savours a modicum of peace, do not celebrate; it is only so because the one child in that family with questionable paternity is yet to attain puberty. So, Ambode is willing to watch APC die, because the party that gave him the opportunity to be governor, when he was the least qualified asks him to stand down this second term?

Put differently the fact that Ambode is the sitting governor of Lagos State, he is on every count at a disadvantage in this battle and those with him are sure losers. Lest he forgets, the party can on account of this poorly conceived press conference expel him and that would be the end. What would follow is an impeachment and heaven would not fall.

Whichever way, he has brazenly declared a war on the party and should not expect the party not to fight back. Running to Abuja is in itself an error. Abuja didn’t make him governor. If he had expected that those who made him governor the first time would listen to Abuja to grant him re-election, then, he is both a joker and a learner.

It is common knowledge that Abuja can barely stand his benefactor, Bola Tinubu, the man who did not know him from anywhere before making him governor. So, conceding such a sensitive decision to them would mean, Ambode wouldn’t need to check with his estranged benefactor again on anything. He would simply bypass him and take orders from Abuja since he owes his second term to them. Honestly, he has proven to be unworthy of that seat, let alone, secure a re-election.

That press conference was meant to be his ace. He had a rare opportunity to not only secure more public sympathy, but reset the mood in the APC. But he blew it all and set the stage for a battle he had long lost. He is naturally a terrible person. He just proved me right.

Everything about his disposition justifies this position. He is an ungrateful lot and innately dreadful. His desperation is akin to that of the anti-Christ and has taken a step that would destroy everything he ever stood for. Never again would the name – Ambode – resonate in the annals of the body polity. Too petty to be called governor.

Importantly, the person to pick the greatest lesson here is Asiwaju Tinubu. Perhaps, Babatude Fashola’s words on marble: ‘May our loyalty never be tested’ would begin to convey instructive meanings to him. He did not know Ambode from anywhere, but he bought into his idea just because one of his trusted allies, Prince Eludoyin, recommended him.

Today, even the said Prince Eludoyin is no longer in talking terms with him. Ambode must be a helplessly terrible lot. Yet, for a man he could not vouch for, Tinubu left those who had been with him since 1999 and went for a total stranger. Good for him!

Pray he comes out of this unhurt, he must have learnt his lessons the hardest way. Please, make no mistake – Ambode has gone on this offensive, because he probably has something with which he plans to finish off Tinubu and co as he forges ahead in this battle. He doesn’t plan to go down alone. He intends to drag one or two persons with him.

Therefore, the days ahead promise to be interesting, and even more so, this current Lagos drama offers a rare lesson in political godfatherism. I know Ambode has so many hidden supports unknown to the Tinubu group, including Abuja and some former governors and their allies alike, but I also know for sure that this is one battle Ambode cannot win and I can hedge my biggest bet ever.

He is not even anywhere close to the inner caucus that ordinarily delivers the most intricate political assignments in the state. Indeed, Ambode does not know or cannot explain how he even emerged governor of the state. Some people delivered that job and that is the ace that Tinubu and his clique have over him.

Sadly, Ambode is too deceived by his current place of advantage to know that he is not an asset. Even if he quits the APC and leaves for another party, a character like him with awful attitudinal disposition is not what anyone or party can put forward as a poster face. His rebellion will only heighten the stakes and increase the frenzy of intrigues in the state; it would change nothing about the status quo, ultimately.

Even if Asiwaju’s empire would be rested eventually, it is not now let alone an even worse character like Ambode with utterly defective human relations that would orchestrate that! The earlier he knows this, the better. But then, we shall wait to see how you’d pull this off tomorrow, Governor Ambode, since you see not your palpable failings but overrated stellar performance amidst this crass elevation of mediocrity.

AS FAR AS APC IN LAGOS IS CONCERNED, AKINWUNMI AMBODE IS A GONER! IT IS A FAIT ACCOMPLI!!!!

VP, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo flanked by Dr  Obafemi Hamzat & Hon. Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu. 

Hamzat endorsing Sanwoolu 

Speaker LSHA, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa

Signatures of the 36 LSHA Members 

AISHA members at the emergency session 

This poster is very pregnant 

BOS with Iyaloja-General of Lagos, Chief Mrs. Folasade Tinubu-Ojo

BOS with Senator Remi Tinubu 

Owing to all the activities that have occurred in the last few days, it is glaringly obvious that the supports that the incumbent Governor of Lagos State was seeking for, from his own party for him to be able to contest for a 2nd term in office as the Governor of Lagos State is never going to come.

From all the indications/feelers  available it is obvious that the cookies have all crumbled one by one, one after the other and there seems to be no respite in the horizon for Double A and the only thing now left for him to do, is either to dump the party that got him there or just as a loyal party man to the core, just accept his fate and be resigned to the fact that he would officially become the 1st Governor in the history of the state, to be refused the chance or opportunity to do or contest a 2nd term.

We hear though but not confirmed that, if he were to honourably step down which he has refused to do, the Governor would be given a Ministerial position in the next dispensation were the APC to win the next Presidential election.

Just yesterday, the only hope that was remaining for him to get the full support he needed was dashed as the GAC (Governor's Advisory Council), chaired by the National Leader of the ruling APC decided that the primary was it and they also unilaterally gave their support to the ambition of Babajide Olusola SANWOOLU! Not only that, one of those that had been earmarked to contest the primary that has now been shifted again till Monday, October 1, 2018, in the person of Dr. Femi Hamzat, a special adviser to the Works, Housing and Power Minister, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, who had lost to Ambode at this same stage in 2015, in fact resigned his ambition for party loyalty, by stepping down (withdrew) to now do a joint ticket with Babajide Olusola SANWOOLU. Though the joint ticket has not been officially communicated yet. Dr Femi Hamzat on stepping down, immediately endorsed the candidature of BOS!

By the action of Dr. Femi Hamzat, it means the 2 most powerful teams/families in APC Lagos politics have joined arms and hands together as one, to prosecute 1 dream! Not just that alone, at least 36 out of the 40 LSHA (Lagos State House of Assembly) members at an emergency session yesterday under the leadership of the Speaker of the house, Hon. Mubashiru Obasa all appended their signatures in their support of Babajide Olusola SANWOOLU's ambition. Their decision was communicated by the chairman House Committee on information, strategy and security, Hon. Funmilayo Tejuosho (pay back time it seems, as it was her house that the Government under the administration of Akinwunmi Ambode took over and demolished).

It should also be recalled that the Iyaloja General of Lagos, Chief. Mrs. Folasade Tinubu-Ojo had endorsed the candidature of Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu, that's effectively saying that the market men and women in Lagos are solidly behind BOS. Long before the endorsement by the Iyaloja, various other groups, likes of the Waste Management and others have openly indicated their support of Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu.

It is very instructive to know the composition of the GAC that had the meeting yesterday, those at that meeting comprised of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the National Leader of the ruling APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the speaker of the LSHA, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa and other stakeholders.

More after the break.

MORE DRAMA ADDED TO THE DRAMA IN LAGOS AS JIMI AGBAJE THROWS IN HAT TOO TO CONTEST!!!

Jimi Agbaje 



The drama to see who becomes the next Governor of the state of excellence, that is Lagos State has gone totally off the roof, as renowned Pharmacist and politician, infact the alleged winner of the last election, Mr. Jimi Agbaje 61 (Olujimi Kolawole Agbaje), a relation of the MD/CEO of GTBank-Segun Agbaje has again thrown his hat into the race too.

JK/JayKay like Jimi Agbaje is better known had contested in 2015 as the flagbearer of the PDP then, and from the results that was declared which swept Akinwunmi Ambode of the APC into power, the gentleman was said to have lost gallantly but by the nearest margin possible in an election, especially one contested for in Lagos. There were those then, who actually felt and even believed that JK might have won that election, but at the end of the day the officially declared result /record said Akinwunmi Ambode won and the rest like they say is history.

So after 3 years in oblivion, without even a whimper of any kind, somewhat licking his wound and totally minding his business, doing all that was possible to get his company back on sound footing again, the man who gave the APC a major scare then and a run for their money has decided all over again, to give the race towards becoming the Governor of Lagos a fair try once again.

We think that with what is seemingly ongoing at the APC, where there is the likelihood that the incumbent, Akinwunmi Ambode might not get the nod for a 2nd term, the PDP are of the opinion things might not augur well for the APC, so they are preparing to take advantage of the situation. Some are of the thought that if Jide Sanwoolu actually emerges as the APC aspirant or candidate and Ambode is discarded, there might ensue some form of protest votes against the APC, just like it happened with SDP & NRC, many years back, allowing for a good candidate of the opposition the opportunity to just sneak in and take the poll. Sane way Sir Michael Agbolade Otedola came in to power then though his reign was shortlived!

So with JK expressing his interest and intention, maybe it would be a battle between JK and Femi Otedola, to secure the ticket of the PDP to run against whoever emerges on the card of the APC. Though Otedola's interest in becoming a Governor of Lagos had been thought to be later in the future, precisely 2023, he might be forced to move that ambition backward to 2019, with how things are panning out, especially if Ambode were to lose out to Sanwoolu at the APC primary that's upcoming!

People have claimed amd had said there had been some kind of unsubstantiated gentleman's agreement between Ambode & Otedola not to run against each other for any reason, but the so called agreement becomes null and void, in the circumstance that Ambode is not involved no more as a candidate of the APC.

But even if the oil and gas mogul would want to run, he would still have to battle it out 1st with gentleman JK, who also would need to resurrect his comatose team and machinery for the fierce battle ahead. First in a duel with either FO and some others, to see who would become the Party's flagbearer, before moving in to face the main battle for the massive prize!

So would it be Ambode vs. JK part or series 2? Or would it be Sanwoolu vs. JK or FO-battle royale in Lagos? Hmmmmmmm.......

Let's just wait to see, as the unending drama unfolds!!!! As we the spectators/audiences gets our popcorns to watch in HD!