Lagos 2023: Fashola’s ‘Ally’ Narrates Harassment By LASG

Lagos All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain and 2023 governorship aspirant, Olajide Adediran on Wednesday recounted harassment he has suffered since his declaration to contest the governorship ticket of the party.

Adediran who has in the past been associated with the penultimate governor of the state, Babatunde Fashola told newsmen at a press conference that he would not bow to the powers that be in Lagos vowing not to go the way of Akinwunmi Ambode.

Adediran who is the chairman of Jandor Foundation said that he would use his Lagos4Lagos political movement to ensure that power is taken from those who call the shots in Lagos who according to him have not used it for the good of the majority of all.

He said:

“Lagos has not been working and that is what we want people to know but we have been having very unpalatable experience in the past few days that made us wonder when it became a crime to have political ambition. During the international students’ day, I was invited by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Lagos State chapter as a keynote speaker at their event.

“They visited me and I agreed to support them and we took pictures afterwards. But as soon as they posted the pictures online, they got a call from the state and they were stripped of the state sponsorship, while the venue of the event was taken away from them.

“Another incidence was an invitation I got from the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos to attend his book launch. But 48 hours before the launch, they called me to say that they got a call to rescind my invitation and they couldn’t refuse.

“I also had an event I was supposed to host at the police college ground. We had made all the necessary payments and we were given approval but shortly afterwards, the approval that was given to us was withdrawn and we were told that it is due to reasons beyond their control. If this is happening to us despite being members of the ruling party, you can imagine what would happen if it was the opposition.

“The fact that we are not bowing down at anyone’s feet is the sin we have committed but by the grace of God, I will be the next governor of Lagos in 2023. I won’t go to party leaders to beg them to give me their supporters because I do not want to repeat the mistakes of former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.

“I have been in this game for 19 years and I have understudied the process. The owner of the Lagos structure knows that something has happened to that structure. We understand the game ad that is why I am audacious about my ambition. Lagos has been working for only a few people but we want the state to work for everyone irrespective of tribe or religion.”

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