Dec 5 Senatorial By-Election: Kosofe Key Stakeholders Pledge Support to Tokunbo Abiru

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*Sanni Okanlawon (Okla), Aigoro charge Stakeholders to deliver bloc votes

 

                              



The chances of the All Progressives Congress Lagos East Senatorial Candidate Mr. Tokunbo Abiru of winning the forthcoming by-election has received a strong boost as key stakeholders in Kosofe Local Government Area have pledged to support and vote for the former Managing Director of Polaris Bank on December 5th rescheduled Senatorial by-election.

 



                                

The stakeholders comprising of Leaders of Transport workers, Artisans, Youth, Women, Traders, CDC/CDA, Muslim and Christian clergy made the pledge on Thursday, November 26 when they converged at Galaxy Events centre, Ojota to meet with the APC Lagos East Senatorial Candidate.

 

                                             





In keen anticipation of the arrival of the former Group Managing Director of First Bank to the Local Government, the ornate banquet hall of the Galaxy Events Centre had been filled up with the invited key stakeholders who had thronged the venue of the event as early as 8am from the length and breadth of the local government.

 





However, after long wait the event finally took off at around 2pm without the arrival of Mr. Tokunbo Abiru as the Lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency 1 Hon. Sanni Okanlawon and Director of Special Duties Tokunbo Abiru Campaign Team Hon. Musiliu Aigoro presided over the event.

 





The lawmaker Representing Kosofe Constituency 1, Hon. Sanni Okanlawon made a passionate plea to the invited community stakeholders in Kosofe LGA to deliver the bloc votes on the day of the by-election to Mr. Tokunbo Abiru.

 






He averred that it would be in the best interest of the residents of Kosofe Local Government Area to vote for Mr. Tokunbo Abiru as it would be easy for the area to access developmental projects from Abuja.

 





He therefore charged them to go back to their different places and mobilize their neighbours, friends and family to vote massively for APC and Mr Tokunbo Abiru on December 5th.

 


 

On his own part, the Director of Special Duties of Tokunbo Abiru Campaign Team, Hon. Musiliu Aigoro apologized for the event starting behind schedule and for the absence of Mr. Tokunbo Abiru.

 


Hon. Aigoro explained to the invited stakeholders that Mr. Tokunbo Abiru had sent his sincere and unreserved apology for his inability to come to the event as planned due to force majeure.

 


He added that Mr. Abiru holds Kosofe Local Government in high esteem because of its importance to electoral successes of APC in east senatorial and Lagos state over the past years.

 


He however made a passionate appeal to the invited stakeholders to come out in large number on December 5th and vote for Tokunbo Abiru.

 


Hon. Aigoro also made it known that the chairman of Kosofe Local Government, Hon. Afolabi Sofola couldn’t attend the event due to health reason, adding that the chairman who is also the LOC chairman of the campaign had in no small measure contributed to the successful hosting of the event in the local government by making provision for the venue of the event which was being used and some other necessary materials needed at the event.

                                    

 

Earlier, the CDC chairman of Kosofe Local Government Area Hon. Segun Babatunde had given the opening address. In his address Hon. Babatunde welcomed the invited stakeholders from different walks of life and thanked them for their supports.

                              

Afterwards, he called on them to arrive at the polling centres on the day of the by-election and vote en bloc for Mr. Tokunbo Abiru as senator.

 

In similar vein the former Deputy Executive Secretary of Kosofoe Local Government Hon. Jumoke Dairo in her address while apologising for the late commencement of the event appealed to invited stakeholders to go back home and mobilized their neighbours, families, colleagues and friends and vote for Mr. Tokunbo Abiru on the day of the by-election.

 

Subsequently the invited stakeholders then took turns to express their firm supports for APC and Mr. Tokunbo Abiru for the forthcoming by-election.

 


First to speak was the secretary of the league of Imam in Kosofe Local Government Area. He said although they don’t campaign nor participate in partisan politics, they however support good candidate or party. He therefore prayed for the success of Mr. Tokunbo Abiru and appealed to him not to forget those who voted for him if eventually elected.

 


Conversely, the chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kosofe LGA Pastor Olorunsheyanu was very affirmative in his statement firmly expressing their firm support for Mr. Tokunbo Abiru.

 

He made it known that their religious association present in all the 16 local government and LCDA in Lagos East Senatorial District have resolved to give their total support for Mr. Tokunbo Abiru.

 

 And also the chairman of LASPOTA stated that all his members are strongly behind APC in Lagos East Senatorial District and promised to mobilized them to vote for Mr. Tokunbo Abiru on December 5th.

                         

 The chairman of Tricycles Associaton of Nigeria, Kosofe LGA, Apostle Oluwafemi Oresanya stated emphatically that they too are going to support APC and would vote Overwhelmingly for Mr. Tokunbo Abiru on December 5th.

 





While the secretary of Association of kosofe Market traders also came to deliver the message of Iyaloja of Kosofe affirming her supporting for Mr.Tokunbo Abiru.

                                 

 The leaders of Arewa and Ndigbo in Kosofe Local Government Area Alhaji Abubakir and Chief Ejiofor said they are solidly behind Mr. Tokunbo Abiru because he has been carrying them along in the scheme of things.

                                

While the duo of Mr. Akanbi Yisa Adeniji of National Youth Council Kosofe and Comrade Raphael Bakare of Kosofe LGA APC youths said their members have resolved to support Mr. Tokunbo Abiru as he has always been supportive of the youths.


                           

                                         

                                 

Present at the event are the local government councillors, executive members, ward chairmen, LGA executives, Ward executive, Youth, women and party elders.









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