2015: GOS Gets Ikorodu Nod

Political leaders in Ikorodu Division Under the aegis of Ikorodu
Leaders In Politics, ILIP, have thrown their weight behind the
governorship ambition of Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, GOS, of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2015 governorship
election.

Rising from their meeting in Ikorodu  they said their
decision followed their assessment of governorship aspirants from the
division.

Speaking through Chief Tajudeen Jaiyesimi, the group disclosed that it
decided to do the assessment to come up with the best man for the job.

The ILIP said this was without prejudice to the efforts of Ikorodu
Division Resource Group, IDRG, which is undertaking a similar
assessment.

According to Jaiyesimi, the meeting, after carefully assessing the
governorship aspirants, overwhelmingly chose Solomon as their
candidate.

He hinged this on the wide acceptance of the APC chieftain, his vast
political experience and his grassroots acceptability.

Continuing, he reasoned that it was expedient for Ikorodu division to
come up with a choice that could deliver the goods as far as the
election was concerned.

"This is a golden opportunity for the division to produce the Lagos
State governor in 2015, having not produce a democratically elected
governor before.

"As politicians and stakeholders in the affairs of Lagos State, it is
for this reason that we decided to seize this great opportunity by
coming up with an exercise like this."

The APC chieftain, who is also the Bashorun of Ipakodo, Ikorodu,
stressed that it was gratifying that the assessment was done by
politicians across the major political parties.

This he said, showed that Ikorodu division truly deserved to produce
the next governor of the state not minding political affiliation.

Speaking further, he praised the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Salaudeen
Oyefusi for setting in motion a machinery to assess governorship
aspirants through the IDRG.

This he said was quite commendable, as an assessment of the aspirants
would enabled them come up with the best.

Jaiyesimi, who said he had been following the groups activities,
commended Solomon's performance before the committee, describing it as
awesome.