Lagos Speaker wins Agege Federal House of Reps APC Primaries unopposed, thanks party faithful

By Kazeem Akande

Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), has won the All Progressive Congress (APC) Agege Federal House of Representatives primary election unopposed.

Following his victorious outing, he thanked party faithful and members for their full support.

Obasa, while giving remarks after the election at Ward E Oyewole Primary Agege, thanked party stakeholders and members for giving him full support to represent Agege at the green chamber.

“This is another opportunity given to me by my constituents to represent them at the Federal House of Reps, and I am assuring them of more effective representation at the upper legislative chamber,” he said.

Chief Ganiyu Egunjobi, a former Agege Local Government Chairman, said that people in Agege were behind the Lagos speaker and that was why the election went peacefully without any conflicts within the community.

“There’s no secret behind this primary; people in Agege really showed that they are behind our leader, our speaker Obasa.

“At the same time, it also shows that we are one in Agege and speak in one voice through our vote, and that the speaker is the aspirant and the candidate for Agege Federal Constituency.

“It is unopposed. Nobody is contesting with him.

“As you can see now, we are here to affirm the candidature of Obasa as APC sole candidate for Federal House of Representatives, representing Agege Federal Constituency,” Egunjobi said.

According to him, people should be expecting good works and effective representation from the speaker,  of which has made him secure the House of Reps ticket.

“It’s a testament to his good work and the reward of good work is more work,” he added.

The former Agege chairman, also an Aspirant of LAHA Agege Constituency I, said that there were 11 wards in Agege Federal Constituency and all the party members had resolve to vote Obasa as their candidate for the House of Reps.

“We have 11 wards in the Agege Federal Constituency, and this is just one of the 11 as you can see.

“If you go to all the wards in Agege, you will see the crowd coming out for Obasa and our party.

“My advice to my people, my party men and women, the young and the old, is that everybody should maintain peace. No fight, no conflicts,” he said.

Mr Oladapo Yusuf, an aspirant vying for the Lagos State House of Assembly Agege Constituency II, said that the turnout of the party members was  huge as people came out to support and vote their party flag bearer at the Federal House of Reps.

“I can tell you for sure that the turnup is huge; as you can see behind me, people came out en masse to actually participate in this exercise.

“This is because the candidate is somebody that is well-known to them, somebody who has been in the system for so many times, he has touched lives.

“He has actually turned the community around from what it used to be.”

Yusuf said that the Lagos Speaker was a man of peace who preached peace at all times.

“You know, he is a man that always preaches peace, you know, compared to what Agege was known for in the past.

“So, he’s been preaching peace and love amongst the electorates, that no matter where you come from, Agege is one. So, peace is something that, for me, is an understatement.

“The election was absolutely peaceful and, like I said, he’s the only candidate; there was no opposition,” he said.

NAN reports that hundreds of APC party members in Agege Federal Constituency trooped out enmasse to cast their vote for the Lagos speaker at the party primaries election on Saturday.(NAN)