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Lagos APC Members Protest Alleged Plan To Illegally Substitute Exco List
Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, on Friday, stormed the party secretariat to protest an alleged planned substitution of the exco list produced at the last LGA congress.
The aggrieved members from Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area, who earlier protested at Ifako-Ijaiye area, where APC elders and stakeholders from the Lagos West Senatorial District were meeting, returned to the party secretariat at Acme Road, and then later moved to the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Leading the protesters, Alakoso Fasesan-Ajanaku, an APC elder from the council, said they were protesting to intimate the party leadership of their grievances.
Mr Fasesan-Ajanaku said the group was interested in fostering unity in the party. “We are law abiding citizens, we do not want to take laws into our hands.
“We do not want violence or people going about expressing their displeasure in an unruly manner, that is why we are here to present our case to the leader of our party to help us settle it.”
In a pettition submitted at the APC Secretariat, Lagos Assembly and Governors’ Office, the group alleged plan by the Oshodi/Isolo LGA chairman, Kehinde Oloyede, to change the authentic exco list from the LGA.
They alleged move to replace the APC LGA Chairman, Wale Adelana, produced during the congress with Saheed Animashaun.
They said during the 2021 LGA election, Mr Oloyede, in connivance with then party chairman, replaced the party’s preferred vice chairmanship candidate, Ismail Badmus, with Modupe Aregbe-Badmus.
The group also complained that constitution of the present LGA cabinet did not reflect the spread of the entire local government structure, saying it was done without the input of party leaders in the council.
They pleaded with APC Chairman Cornelius Ojelabi, the Lagos Assembly, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to ensure that the name of Adelana, who was submitted to the state chapter of the party was not tampered with.
On the constitution of LGA cabinet members, especially office of secretary to the LGA and supervisory councillors, the group urged party leadership to ensure that such office are shared among key leaders in the LGA.
They urged the party to ensure the authentic list of ward chairmen inaugurated by Tunde Balogun-led Caretaker Committee on September 3, 2021, should be allowed.
Meanwhile, addressing the protesters, Mr Ojelabi said he had not received any pettition from the group, asking them to bring their case forward so the party can find a way of addressing their grievances.
“All of you are members of our party. It is normal in politics for us to have issues, we will resolve it,” Mr Ojelabi said, promising to invite the leadership of the group and the accused for the party to look into the matter.
“You held a congress and the congress produced party officers. For me, I am working on the list handed over to me by the national secretariat in Abuja,” the chairman said.
At the Lagos Assembly, Victor Akande, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Pettition and LASIEC, commended the protesters for conducting themselves in a peaceful manner.
Mr Akande promised that the house would look into their pettition, take a decision and get back to them.
The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, has initiated impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Ngozi Odu, issuing them a seven-day notice to respond to allegations of gross misconduct.
The Assembly cited eight specific allegations of gross misconduct as the basis for the move.
This is the third time Fubara and Odu would be facing impeachment proceedings from the Assembly since coming to office in 2023.
Attempts to impeach them in 2023 and 2025, amid political feuds between the Governor and his predecessor and erstwhile political god-father, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, had been halted by presidential intervention.
Here are the allegations below:
1. Reckless and unconstitutional expenditure of public funds
2. Unconstitutional misappropriation of public funds
3. Hindering the Rivers Assembly from performing its constitutional duties
4. Illegal appointments of persons without screening by the House of Assembly as provided by the Constitution
5. Seizure of salaries and funds meant for Assembly members
6. Seizure of salaries of the clerk of the Rivers House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi
7. Refusal to implement provisions of the Constitution on financial autonomy of the legislature and the judiciary
8. Withholding of funds meant for the running of the Rivers House of Assembly Service Commission and hindering its activities
Lilian Adebayo, the wife of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, has said that the party will unseat the ruling All Progressive Party at the 2027 election if Nigerians are true to themselves.
Mrs Adebayo made this assertion known on Wednesday during an interview with journalists after an event in Abuja.
According to her, the opposition party has overcome its crisis after the expulsion of its former chairman, Shehu Gabam and others.
She said Nigerians should vote the APC out in the 2027 general election due to the hardship the party has plunged citizens into.
“There is always a crisis in the party; the SPD has been able to handle its own. The problems in the party have been resolved.
“He has a great chance of winning the election if Nigerians are honest with themselves. If Nigerians think that the ones they consistently vote for would move the country forward, they live in denial,” she concerning the husband.
Recall that SDP recently expelled Gabam and other party executives.
The party’s state chairmen on Wednesday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the police to investigate Gabam over alleged misappropriation.
In a significant political move, Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
Mbah announced his decision during a televised broadcast in Enugu after weeks of speculation.
He said, “Today, after a long reflection, we have made the decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party and join the All Progressives Congress.”
Mbah explained that his decision to join the PDP was informed by the need to reshape Enugu and reorganise the politics of the state.
“Today, I stand before you to announce a break from the past and to share a decision that will shape the road ahead. This concerns our values, how we organize ourselves politically and how we secure the future of our project and our people.
“Leadership sometimes demands painful decisions in the service of higher principles and goals. And there comes a time, when everyone must make a bold choice to determine their destiny.”
Ahead of the governor’s defection, all members of his cabinet had on joined the ruling party.
Governor Mbah’s Senior Media Aide, Dan Nwomeh, confirmed the mass defection in a video posted on his social media handles on Monday. In the video, several government officials were seen openly declaring their allegiance to the APC, chanting praises for President Bola Tinubu and affirming their commitment to the new party.
“Enugu State Cabinet Members join the APC with full chest along with Governor PN Mbah,” Nwomeh stated.
The officials, including commissioners and top aides, could be heard in the video declaring, “We are now in APC; tomorrow is here; it is APC all the way; it is Jagaban all the way; from top to bottom.”
The collective defection marks a significant political shift in Enugu State, which has been a PDP stronghold since 1999.
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