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  • New headache for Sanwo-Olu as 30 political parties affirm Lagos PDP candidate Jandor for governor

    New headache for Sanwo-Olu as 30 political parties affirm Lagos PDP candidate Jandor for governor

    Ahead of the 2023 general elections, 30 political parties in Lagos state have endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, (aka Jandor) for governor.

    Recall that the leadership of the PDP in Lagos had vowed that the opposition party would take over the state from the ruling APC in next year’s poll.

    Announcing this in Lagos, Dr. Akin Badmus- the chairman of the Conference of Registered and Deregistered Political Parties (CPP), said that the endorsement became imperative following the dearth of dividends of democracy in the state and the need to unite with the main opposition party to unseat the ruling APC.

    Badmus, also the Lagos state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), said that the co-political group, spread across the 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas, had resolved to throw their weights behind Adediran and PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

    In his words: “It is a fact that the cost of living in Lagos is very high with revenue that does not reflect in the development of Lagos State.”

    Why we adopted Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) of PDP for Lagos State governor-CPP

    Badmus explained that the decision for adopting Adediran was based on his determination to rectify and eradicate the hardship being inflicted on Lagos residents.

    He alleged that the unchecked excesses of thugs at motor parks in the state had added to the plights and suffering of the residents, which the CPP believed Adediran would curb if supported and elected.

    Badmus said that the endorsement was also based on their belief that Adediran would revive dilapidated infrastructure and commence a new one in the state if elected.

    “This is the time PDP is taking over, APC is no longer the choice of Lagos residents. So today, the entire 30 political parties comprises both registered and de-registered, and as such, direct all our followers to begin the massive campaign for the PDP in Lagos State,” he asserted.

    According to reports, about 5,000 members of the PDP joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state on Thursday, October 27.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that the defectors are members and supporters of the PDP governorship candidate in the state (Adediran), popularly known as Jandor’s movement, “Lagos for Lagos”.

    The defectors were seen putting on orange T-shirts and fez caps as they stormed the APC office on Acme Road, Ogba, Ikeja, holding brooms, singing and dancing.

    The state deputy governor, Obafemi Hamzat, received the defectors and the APC chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi.

  • Bamise: Family of ‘murdered’ Lagos fashion designer seek help for mortuary bill

    Bamise: Family of ‘murdered’ Lagos fashion designer seek help for mortuary bill

    The family of Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwola, allegedly murdered by a BRT driver in Lagos State, has received help of N500,000 from the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran to pay for the accumulated mortuary bill of the late fashion designer.

    Recall that 22-year-old Ayanwola was allegedly raped and murdered on February 26 by a BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron. The fashion designer was found dead a few days after she boarded BRT.

    Ominnikoron, arrested in Ogun State, is standing on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, rape and murder before a Lagos high court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square. The charges were brought against the driver by the Lagos State Government.

    However, Ayanwola’s remains have still been at the Mainland Hospital mortuary in Yaba.

    After a meeting of Dr Adediran’s representative and the deceased’s family members at his Liberty House, Ikeja, the PDP governorship candidate, popularly known as Jandor said that he was touched by the family’s pain.

    The guber candidate, who is observing lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia, was represented at the meeting by Gbenga Ogunleye, the Head of Media and Communications, JandorFunke4Governor Campaign Organisation.

    “This incident happened about eight months ago, and Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran has been concerned. He is a man with milk of human kindness and has visited the family members to commiserate and identify with them.

    “He has been keeping in touch to find a way of ameliorating your pain. The life of  Lagos residents matters so much to Jandor,” Ogunleye said.

    In his response, the deceased’s brother, Mr Oluwapelumi Ayanwola-Abegunde, commended the governorship candidate for standing by the family since his sister died.

    Ayanwola-Abegunde said that the family members were taken aback when they were notified by the mortuary attendant that the morgue bill had accumulated to more than N500,000 and that the family was expected to pay it.

    He said: “We were surprised because we didn’t take her (Bamise) to the mortuary in the first place.

    “We went to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, to get clarification but we were told that after the autopsy report, the onus lied on us to pay the bill.

    “This has been accumulating without our knowledge. We are very grateful to Jandor for being moved by the story and offering to assist in upsetting the bill.

    “He has been a man full of empathy for the less privileged and the masses,“ Ayanwola-Abegunde said.

    According to him, the PDP candidate personally visited his family when the news of Bamise’s alleged murder was broken.

    He added that the governorship candidate  had  been in contact with the family since then to know how the deceased’s parents were faring,” he said.