Lagos LG Poll: Arewa Community endorses chairmanship aspirant
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Lagos, April 18, 2017 (NAN) The Arewa Community in Agege, Lagos, has given support to the chairmanship ambition of Alhaji Abdulganiyu Egunjobi, the Secretary of All Progressive Congress in Agege Local Government area.
A statement by Mr Rotimi Sulyman, the Media Consultant to Egunjobi, in Lagos on Tuesday, said members of the Arewa Community declared their support last weekend during the 10th year investiture anniversary of Sarkin Hausawan Agege, Alhaji Musa Dogon Kadai.
He said that Alhaji Sabiu Naallah, Chairman, Agege Branch of Kwankwasiyya Group, loyalists of former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso, spoke on behalf of the Arewa Community.
“Today is a great day, the reason being that we are officially declaring and adopting one of us, who lives among us, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Egunjobi, for the Agege chairmanship race.
“We have high hope that you will emerge as APC’s flag-bearer and come July 22, 2017, we will vote en masse for you.
“To demonstrate that our support for Egunjobi is unequivocal, we recently donated a campaign office to him. I am congratulating him in advance as the next chairman of Agege Local Government.
“I will rest my case here because we are waiting for the celebration day, come July 22,” Naallah was quoted.
Mallam Adams Alli, the President of Agege Arewa Youth Forum, an association of young men and women of northern extraction, said: “Alhaji Egunjobi is one of us, a true son of Agege, one that speaks Hausa and Yoruba fluently.
“He grew up among us and we can identify with him. He is the best candidate in this circumstance to be the chairman of Agege Local Government and we believe we should give him our open support.”
The aspirant, who was in attendance at the ceremony, expressed his gratitude and promised to deliver on his campaign promises if elected.
“My word is my bond and like I always say trust is the core of what I am about and what the people around me and my leaders are about.
“Now, we can all see the developments our leader, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has brought to Agege and its environs,” Egunjobi said. (NAN)
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Edited by Tajudeen Atitebi