Mr. Jimi Agbaje
The Global Network of Ogun West Professionals in the United Kingdom has said it will support the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Gbenga Isiaka.
This is just as an Igbo group, Eze Ndi Igbo, in the Diaspora, endorsed the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the Global Network of Ogun West Professionals, Dr. Yanju Adegbite, said it endorsed Isiaka because of his youthfulness and preparation, adding that it considered his antecedents.
The statement read, “We see GNI, who had contested once against the incumbent as a candidate to beat in the next election and the person who will bring development and industrialisation to our dear state.
“The Isiaka we know is full of ideas of how to govern Ogun State. He is an accountant of proven integrity who will manage the state’s resources prudently and develop our rural areas to stop migration to urban cities. We, however, appeal to the people of the state to vote for the PDP governorship candidate from Ogun West, the senatorial zone that has yet to lead the state.”
Meanwhile, a group of traditional Igbo leaders have endorsed Agbaje
The spokesman and Secretary of Eze Ndi Igbo in the Diaspora, Eze John-Greg Okey Ezebuadi , announced the endorsement in a communiqué issued after a two-day meeting of the traditional rulers at the palace of Eze Hyacinth Ohazulike who is the Chairman of the Igbo Supreme Traditional Heads in Lagos State.
According to the communiqué, the Igbo leaders threw their weight behind the PDP candidate because “Agbaje’s programmes and manifesto are Igbo-friendly and their kinsmen could most achieve their hopes and aspirations under his administration.”
The traditional rulers have urged all Igbo indigenes people in Lagos State to vote for Agbaje in the governorship polls slated for April 2015.
The communiqué read, “All traditional heads of Ndi Igbo from every local government area in Lagos State deliberated extensively on matters affecting the Ndi Igbo in Lagos State, especially concerning the forthcoming elections.”
BY TOLUWANI ENIOLA
