The
sons of political chieftains of the All Progressives Congress and the
Peoples Democratic Party have thrown their hats into the ring to contest
for Lagos House of Assembly seats.
They include the son of the immediate
past Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, the son of the
National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Lai Mohammed, and the son of a
former Minister of Works, Adeseye Ogunlewe.
Jimi Mohammed, the son of Lai Mohammed, is set to contest the Lagos State House of Assembly election.
According to information on the Facebook
page of the APC, Jimi will contest the Ikeja constituency 1, the
constituency the current Speaker of the House, Adeyemi Ikuforiji,
represents. However, Ikuforiji has declared his intention to contest
Lagos governorship election.
The statement read, “Jimi Mohammed, the
son of APC spokesperson, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, is running for a seat in
the Lagos House of Assembly. He is coming out from the same area that
the current speaker, Ikuforiji came out from in Ikeja.
“Already, he has begun campaigns for the
seat and his friends are rallying round for him. Jimi is a brilliant
guy. Judging by his achievements, he has done well for himself and
others. Folajimi is the Managing Director of Knightsbridge Dredging
Limited.
“He is a University of Kent, Canterbury, Law graduate. He also attended Fordham Law School and the Nigerian Law School.”
Meanwhile, our correspondent also learnt
that Babajide Obanikoro, the son of the former Minister of State for
Defence, has declared his intention to contest the Eti-Osa Constituency
II election on the platform of the PDP.
Babajide, who attended Kings College,
Lagos, and studied Political Science in the United States, also holds a
Master’s degree from a University in New York.
Babajide came into prominence in 2011 when he contested the chairmanship of the Ikoyi/Obalende Local Council Development Area.
He was declared winner by the Lagos State
Local Government Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ikeja the
following year but the decision was later upturned by the Lagos State
Appeal Tribunal which pronounced Adewale Adeniji of the APC as the
winner.
Also, our correspondent learnt that
Moyosore Ogunlewe, the son of a former Minister of Works and PDP
chieftain, Mr. Adeseye Ogunlewe, will contest the Kosofe Constituency 1
seat of the Assembly.
Moyosore, who studied Business
Administration at the University of Lagos, holds a Bachelor of Laws and a
Master of Laws degree from the University of Buckingham, in the United
Kingdom.
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