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Bode George bombs Lagos PDP candidate Jandor over running mate controversy

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Former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has lashed out at the party’s Lagos State governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, over the choice of his running mate.

George, who featured on Channels Television Sunday Politics, said it was insulting for Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, to have denied that he did not agree to have Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour as his running mate..

Rhodes-Vivour is now the state Labour Party(LP) candidate while Funke Akindele, a Nollywoood film producer and actress, is Adeniran’s running mate.

George insisted that before the governorship primaries in the state, , Adeniran agreed with him and elders of the PDP in the state to choose Rhodes-Vivour as his running mate.

The elder statesman said: “I was told that he made certain comments about me. It is quite insulting for Jandor to say that he cannot say that I lied.”

George argued that the most honourable thing for the PDP governorship candidate to do was to own up and apologise.

“It is better for him to accept the mistake he made rather than saying he never agreed to any pact to pick Gbadebo (Rhodes-Vivour )as his running mate,” George said.

But Adeniran said he didn’t agree with anybody on the choice of his running mate, adding that it was his right to choose his running mate.

His words: “Chief Bode George is our leader in Lagos and I can say that we really do not have any issues between us. I won’t say he lied. But, I can tell you that there was no agreement anywhere.

“I think it defies logic to say you have an agreement with somebody and there was no public pronouncement to say you are withdrawing from this race for whatever reason.

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Breaking: ‘Mad Man’ Sits , Eats Sacrifice Kept Around A Polling Unit In Lagos (Video)

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A video currently circulating online has captured the moment a mentally derailed man is seen eating a sacrifice on the street of Lagos.

The video which is currently generating lots of comments online was recorded at a polling unit at Graceland Estate in Ajah

While eating it, passersby provided him with a bottle of water

In the video, a voice could be heard saying ” This is an overnight sacrifice that was kept in one of the polling units. A madman suddenly came out and started eating it. This is how God is destroying the work of the enemies. God will keep frustrating their plans in Jesus’ name “

 

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BREAKING: INEC Postpones Gov, Assembly Elections In 10 Lagos Polling Units

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INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos, Segun Agbaje addresses reporters on March 18, 2023
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in 10 polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) around the Lekki area of the state.

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Segun Agbaje made the announcement when he addressed reporters at the VGC.

According to him, corps members deployed as ad hoc staff on Saturday were hesitant to enter the VGC estate as they alleged that they were held hostage in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

Agbaje said the commission’s ad hoc staff set up voting materials in front of the estate on Saturday but the estate residents claimed that hoodlums might disrupt the process, so they did not feel secure and could not cast their votes.

He said the situation was difficult for security agents to contain hence he and his team had to come to the area.

“We have eight polling units here with 6,024 registered voters and out of which 5,624 people have their PVCs,” he stated, adding that two other polling units at the estate’s main gate were also affected. “Eight here (in the estate) and two outside,” he noted.

“After due consultation and further directive from the national headquarters that we should remobilise here tomorrow (Sunday) morning by 08:30am to conduct the elections.

“By 08:30am tomorrow (Sunday), we will reconvene here.”

Agbaje said the chairman of the security committee of the estate had assured the commission of the safety of corps members and INEC staff as well as the safety of voters.

Some of the polling units affected include PU 032,033, 119 -12

The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC), Tunde Doherty, whose polling unit is in the VGC scolded INEC for poor arrangement, saying the situation is “unfortunate”.

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Breaking: Party agent arrested with N3.2m cash in Oshodi

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A party agent was arrested in the Oshodi area of Lagos with N3.2 million cash. This is just as a woman, who identified herself as a Ward leader in the Ejigbo area of Lagos was arrested with a herbalist, on the Isolo/Egbe road.

It was gathered that some Military men on patrol, who were alerted on the harassment of voters by thugs, were on their way to attend to the distress call when they intercepted some persons in one of the pooling units in Oshodi.
The bag of one of the unidentified agent attracted the Military personnel, who insisted to know what was inside.
After much hesitant, the party agent(names withheld) reluctantly opened the bag , where its content was discovered to be naira notes.

It was  gathered that one of the Military patrol teams attended to not less than 24 distress calls between 8.30 am and 1.30 pm, from different polling units in Oshodi, Jakande Estate, Ejigbo, Ajao and Oke- Afa areas of the state.

One of the distress calls received from Igala estate on the Isolo/Egbe road, had a report of a voter whose skull was broken by a thug.

While attending another one at the Borokini hall, on the same axis at about 11.45am, a tricycle in which were three passengers was flagged down.
While one of the occupants, a woman whose identity could not be immediately ascertained claimed she was on her way to her ward in Ejigbo, others simply said they were going to vote .
However, when the two men were searched, one of them was discovered to have guarded his waist with kneated charms.

Upon further enquiry, the self acclaimed Ward leader said she hired the service of the herbalist and the other passenger to accompany her to her ward.

Three of them were whisked away in the Military patrol van.
Some suspected thugs were also arrested .

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