Tension in Agege as APC chairmanship Aspirant Osolana tackles Outgoing LG boss over UK residency claim

• APC chairmanship aspirant Sola Osolana has criticised outgoing Agege LGA chairman, Ganiyu Egunjobi, for labelling him and different contenders arsenic non-residents and inactive enactment members
• Egunjobi described Osolana arsenic a UK-based outsider, but Osolana countered with claims of heavy assemblage roots, section concern investments, among others
• The improvement shows widening rifts wrong the Agege APC section up of the July 12, 2025, assembly elections

Agege, Lagos authorities - Chairmanship aspirant for Agege section authorities nether the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Sola Osolana, has condemned the outgoing assembly chairman, Ganiyu Egunjobi, implicit comments questioning his residency and loyalty to the party.

Egunjobi had claimed successful caller media reports that Osolana, alongside different aspirants, was not a nonmigratory of Agege and had small engagement successful enactment affairs.

APC chairmanship aspirant Sola Osolana blasts outgoing Agege LG brag Ganiyu Egunjobi implicit claims he's a non-resident. Photo credit: Sola Osolana
Source: UGC

Egunjobi dismisses enactment critics arsenic “sore losers”

In a study circulated online, Egunjobi reacted to the fallout from the APC’s caller chairmanship and councillorship primaries successful Agege and Orile-Agege Local Council Development Area (LCDA), up of section elections scheduled for July 12, 2025.

"Those making these mendacious claims are sore losers; and for years ostracised themselves from APC and our communities," Egunjobi was quoted arsenic saying.

He further accused cardinal governmental figures, including erstwhile NRC Managing Director Kayode Opeifa, ex-lawmaker Dr. Samuel Adejare, and three-time Assembly subordinate Oluyinka Ogundimu, of abandoning the assemblage and enactment structures.

Egunjobi grouped Sola Osolana among aspirants who reside abroad, alleging helium is based successful the United Kingdom and not rooted successful Agege's governmental activities. He besides described Osolana arsenic a erstwhile chairmanship campaigner of the absorption Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful a erstwhile election.

"In Agege and Orile-Agege, exco members were constituted astir 4 years agone erstwhile these individuals distanced themselves from the party... It's lone radical with constricted acquisition and obscurity of positions that would see themselves contenders and not pretenders successful the conscionable concluded primaries," Egunjobi said.

Osolana fires back: “I’m rooted successful Agege”

Reacting strongly, Osolana described the comments arsenic “malicious” and an effort to discredit his contributions to the Agege community.

“I americium a nonmigratory of Agege who has concatenation of businesses successful the assembly country for galore years,” helium said. “I situation immoderate person who has much businesses successful Agege Local Government than I do.”

Osolana accused Egunjobi of deflecting from his mediocre show arsenic president and called connected him to relationship for occupation instauration and backstage investments made during his eight-year tenure.

“I situation the High Chief (Egunjobi)to locomotion with maine astir Agege without information and fto the media screen it. Then he’ll cognize who genuinely lives among the people,” Osolana added.

Osolan highlights his contributions to Agege

Osolana, a businessman-turned-politician, highlighted his long-standing contributions to section improvement done his idiosyncratic businesses and his non-profit, the Sola Osolana Foundation.

“For implicit 10 years, I person funded respective empowerment programmes for women and youths successful Agege,” helium said. “We’ve awarded acquisition scholarships and supported schoolhouse sports without relying connected nationalist funds.”

He said that his instauration had provided fiscal enactment for tertiary students and sponsored inter-house sports events successful some Agege and Orile-Agege LCDA.

Osolana further alleged that Egunjobi himself benefited from his hospitality earlier emerging arsenic president successful 2017.

“He was hosted by maine and different APC delegates during the 2017 primaries,” Osolana said.

Tensions precocious up of July polls

The speech highlights deepening divisions wrong the Agege APC section arsenic candidates hole for the July 12 section authorities elections.

Analysts accidental interior enactment fractures whitethorn signifier the result of the polls successful 1 of Lagos state’s cardinal governmental strongholds.

Lagos assembly poll: Derin Phillips shares plan

In different report, earlier the Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development Area (LCDA) chairmanship race, APC aspirant Derin Phillips released a five-point docket to reposition the assembly for improved work delivery.

The plan, known arsenic FAITH, focuses connected Financing and Innovation, Access to Social Welfare, Innovation successful Education and Technology, Transparency successful Governance, and Health and Environment.

Phillips, speaking during an lawsuit successful Obalende, said the connection was drawn from his interactions with residents and a idiosyncratic knowing of the council’s socio-economic needs. He described the country arsenic a strategical portion of Lagos and emphasised his readiness to supply inclusive enactment if elected.

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