
13/05/2025
THE GOOD PEOPLE OF AGEGE AND ORILE AGEGE DEMAND'S JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, PEACE AND RESTORE BALANCE OF THE PEOPLE'S WILL
At Agege today where statements are being made, for peaceful co- existence amongst the communities in agege and Orile Agege, concerning the just concluded primaries elections of the councillors and chairmanship elections in the 10th of May, 2025. They are making their mind known to the public, leaders, political parties leaders and representatives the presidential campaign council (PCC) of agege and Orile Agege categorically rejects the results been circulated from the All Progressives Congress APC, local government primaries held on Saturday, 10th May 2025, these results are not only misleading but a gross misrepresentation of the democratic will of our party members in Agege and Orile Agege. The outcome was not a reflection of due process but a culmination of manipulation, exclusion, and abuse of party machinery by entrenched interests who have hijacked the local political spaces allegedly.
The Chairman, PCC Agege hon. Sabitu Kamorudeen, speaks on the committ members of the APC, acknowledged and respected the supremacy of party directives and structures, such deference must not be misconstrued as passive endorsement of tyranny or authoritarianism cloaked as leadership. They cannot support a scenario where a single individual, wielding inordinate influence, positions himself as the sole arbiter of who rises or falls within the party
Saying that it is not part disciplines, it is political capture, and it is antithetical to the democratic ethos of our party, the APC. And political climate in Agege and Orile Agege is uniquely troubling for over a decade,
Power has monopolized by hon. Obasa, speaker of the house, and he exercises unchecked control over local government executive and wards officers who by design, form the voting delegation in primaries. This structure, driven by fear, patronage, and intimidation, has effectively disenfranchised independent voice and reform-minded aspirants within the party. Any primary process steered under such influence cannot, by any objective measure, produce a fair or credible outcomes. It is a protest against an oligarchy approach to leadership that suppresses internal democracy and close off opportunities for participation ti those outside a privilege inner circle.
They thereby urge the leadership of the party, most importantly the state party Chairman, national working committee, board of trustees, and others well meaningful stakeholders to act decisively. This is Lagos, this is Agege, it is not a political estate to be inherited or transferred at will. Agege and orile Agege are home to so many, don't just a constituency.