Kosofe Reporters

PRESS STATEMENT WHY KOSOFE CONSTITUENCY 1 LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY PRIMARY ELECTION WAS CANCELLED We wish to use this medium to apprise our teeming Party members in Kosofe Constituency 1 the reason behind the cancellation of today's State House of Assembly Primary election that was supposed to hold at Mende Town Hall. The returning officer for Kosofe Constituency 1, Mr. Fouad Oki, decided to call off the primary election after listening to both parties and with the three Divisional Police Officers from Ifako, Anthony and Ogudu Police Stations following vehement protest from our supporters that the delegate lists read out did not contain the original names of ad hoc delegates that actually won at the ward Congresses held on Wednesday May 18, 2022. This statement was also corroborated by the three Divisional Police officers who noted that the delegate lists brought to the venue were not the ones duly signed by them and INEC officials at the three ward Con

The coast seems to be very clear for the Lawmaker representing Kosofe Federal Constituency Hon. Prince Rotimi Agunsoye to clinch the party's ticket for the House of Representatives for a third term in a roll after the scintillating performance of his loyalists making a clean sweep of LG ad-hoc delegates at the recently concluded Ward Congresses across Kosofe Federal Constituency. Ahead of the All Progressives Congress House of Representatives primary elections, Ward congresses were held on Wednesday, May 18 2023 in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State In line with the directives of the National secretariat of the party for such congresses to be held to elect Local Government ad-hoc delegates in accordance to the party's guidelines on 2023 general elections. Subsequently, party members across the 10 Wards of Kosofe Local Government trooped out in large numbers to elect the stipulated five LG ad-hoc delegates per ward that would in turn vote for the aspirants o

* Says Leadership Is All About Lifting People Up * Promises To Give A Car Each To Ward Chairmen Less than a week to the All Progressives Congress House of Assembly Primary elections, Kosofe Constituency 1 Lagos State House of Assembly hopeful, Hon. Lanre Carew has reiterated his commitment to providing holistic quality representation to the people of Kosofe Constituency 1 if elected as a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly in 2023. Hon. Carew made the statement on Friday during an interactive session he had with the ward executives of Ward B consisting of Araromi, Ifako, Soluyi and Gbagada of the Constituency at Araromi Primary School Gbagada. The leading aspirant for the seat of Lagos State house of assembly while appealing for the support of Ward B Executives stated that the reason he is vying for the seat of Lagos State House of Assembly is not for personal aggrandizement but for a genuine desire to redefine representation by using his mem

  The Executive Chairman of Kosofe Local Government, Barr. Moyosore Ogunlewe yesterday received Area H Commander ACP Sanusi Mohammed and his team.  The delegation was led by the DPO of Area H, Police Station, Ogudu-Ojota, CSP. Celestina Kalu. Kalu Said his boss was on a familiarization tour to all the police divisions under his command and had to pay a courtesy visit to the executive chairman of Kosofe Local government. In his response, the Council boss appreciated the Area Commander for his visit and promised to work with him effective security and protection of life and property in the area.  Present at the meeting were the Council's management, Supervisors and all the councillors of the 7 wards of the Council.

The state and LGA adhoc delegates of All Progressives Congress in Ward D Ojota/ Ogudu in Kosofe local government area of Lagos State have been elected in line with the directives of the National secretariat of the party. The results of the delegate elections that took place at Emmanuel High Primary School, Ojota on Wednesday as witnessed by INEC official Mrs. Zainab Adebayo and the DPO of Ogudu AREA H SP Celestina Kalu are as follow: STATE DELEGATES 1 Ismail Olasupo        68 2 Segun Dada.            60 3 Onamuyiwa Azeez      76 4 Folashade Olumuyiwa.  107 5 Fatimo Oyelayo    69 LG DELEGATES 1 Austin Eze              87 2 Rotimi Olowe.          67 3 Sunday Olabode       71 4 Michael Olugbo         74 5 Ojo Damilare              67 The total number of accredited party members is 763 More details later...

The state and LGA adhoc delegates of All Progressives Congress in Ward B in Kosofe local government  have been elected in line with the directives of the National secretariat of the party. The results of the delegate elections  that took place at Araromi Primary School Gbagada on Wednesday as witnessed by INEC official Mrs. Oluwatoyin Adebayo and the DPO of Ifako Police Station  are as follow:   STATE DELEGATES 1 MUSILIU AIGORO       364 2 DEMOLA GANDONU  306 3 BEN PRICE.                 348 4 TAIWO ADEDEJI          331 5 SOTIRE SOLOMON.     320 LGA DELEGATES 1 WALE AJIBOSIN.             330 2 IBRAHIM BAKARE OLAWALE  324 3 OGEDE SAHEED                    361 4 LAWAL OLAYINKA                322 5 IBRAHIM OLAJUMOKE.        320 The total number of accredited party members is 433. More details later...

*SAYS WARD EXCO LISTS ARE SACROSANCT AND UNCHANGEABLE A Chieftain of All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Hon. Musiliu Aigoro, has urged all party faithful in Kosofe Local Government Area to rally round APC National Leader and Presidential hopeful Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu saying that the presidential aspirant has paid his due. Hon. Aigoro made this statement on Friday while addressing party members who had come to attend the first meeting of APC Ward B comprising of Araromi, Ifako, Soluyi and Gbagada. The APC Chieftain while expressing delight with a large turnout of party members, stressed that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu deserves to become the next president of Nigeria in 2023 because he has contributed in no small measure to the political and economic development of the country. He, therefore, charged the political gathering to do everything within their capabilities to support the presidential aspiration of the APC National Leader by registering or revalidatin

Hon Okla, a distinguished lawmaker par excellence, whose intellect, antecedents, competence, precedents and disposition remains the centre-points for progress, growth and development of Kosofe Constituency 1. He is the most qualified among the contenders. In less than 3 years at the Lagos State House of Assembly, the Chairman House Committee on Education (Ministry/Agencies), has sponsored 2 major bills into law: Cooperatives societies law 2021, and Lagos State Institute of legislative studies & research 2022. He Co-sponsored over 20 bills into law. Also, he personally presented 3 motions: Need to protect local marketers and entrepreneur from unhealthy Competitions; Call on State government to established micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMES) and commercial hubs in all the senatorial districts of Lagos State; Call on the State government to ensure the smooth operation of courier/ logistic services within the state.  In addition, He Co-sponsored over 9 motions. This

With few days to the All Progressives Congress primary elections, political activities in Kosofe Local Government Area have finally been brought back to life with the commencement of APC Ward Meetings across the local government on Friday. Ward meetings which had hitherto been in comatose since the inauguration of the ward executives in September 2021 took off on an impressive note in all the wards except in Ward C which is Anthony/Mende where meeting couldn't take place due to force majeure. Reports from the venues where Ward meetings took place showed that turnouts were massive as party faithful who have long been denied meaningful political interactions thronged the venue of the meetings in their hundreds. At Oworonshoki Primary School where Ward A meeting was held, the turnout was reported to be very impressive with about 300 members in attendance. While the meeting was presided over by the Ward Chairperson Alhaja Abiola Davies. Besides, virt

The Executive Chairman of Kosofe Local Government Barrister Moyosore Ogunlewe was on Thursday presented an award as one of the best performing local government chairmen in Nigeria in 2022. The award was presented to the legal practitioner cum politician by an Abuja based Magazine, Rootswatch, in recognition of his scintillating performance since assumption of office. The high profile ceremony was held at the National Merit House Maitama-Abuja and  was attended by a plethora of prominent Nigerian politicians, and local government Chairmen among others.

 * Seeks Support of Aigoro Political Bloc As the All progressive congress primary elections slated for this month swiftly draw near, an aspirant vying for the seat of House of Representatives in Kosofe Federal Constituency, Engineer Abiodun Owokoya, has disclosed that the desire to provide quality representation to the people of Kosofe Federal Constituency and thereby transform the lives of the constituents through positive engagement in productive schemes was the major reason behind his intention to contest for house of representatives.   Engineer Owokoya disclosed this on Monday while addressing the political bloc of an APC Chieftain Hon. Musiliu Aigoro when he paid him a special visit at his residence.   The house of Representatives aspirant popularly known as “Abbey CheChe” told the gathering that if allowed to represent the people of Kosofe Federal Constituency at the National Assembly in 2023, he would use his wealth of experience and connection