Hundreds of aggrieved members of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State took to the
streets yesterday to protest against alleged imposition of a local government
chairmanship candidate.
They took the protest to Governor Ambode’s office at the
State Secretariat, Ikeja.
They arrived at the governor’s office with placards, banners
and posters, rejecting the decision of the state’s party leaders who they
accused of conniving with a former council chairman, Ayodele Adewale, to
install one Valentine Burahimoh.
Leading the protest, Alhaja Memunat Ajao said it was
revealed to them that the plot to install Adewale’s loyalist did not receive
the endorsement of the party’s national leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
among others.
The protesters later went to Tinubu’s office in Ikoyi and
the state party secretariat to register similar complaints.
In his response, the party’s spokesman, Joe Igbokwe, said
the party was looking into the grievances associated with the local government
primary, adding that a machinery had been put in place to resolve the
misunderstandings.
By Nurudeen Oyewole
