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A candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Adeniyi Jafojo who is seeking to represent Agege constituency 01 at the Lagos Assembly, has called out the incumbent Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa as someone whose two terms speakership at the assembly has not brought any development to his constituency.
The son of late Rafiu Bakare Jafojo, former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, in an interview with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday explained why the incumbent speaker who is contesting to represent Agege 01 again is not worthy of people’s vote any longer.
Should Obasa who has been in the House of Assembly since year 2003 win the Saturday 18th assembly election, he would be respresenting Agege 01 for the sixth term, which his Labour Party counterpart decried as selfish politics the Speaker and his APC party leaders are known for.
When asked why he is trying to unseat the speaker who is at a vintage position to attract development to the constituency, Jafojo said his (Obasa) position has not brought any good to them in Agege 01.
“What has the speakership position he holds brought to Agege? What have we enjoyed in Agege. What new things. Is it the building of recreational centres. Is it creating a lot of jobs for our women and men. What is it that we have really enjoyed. Is it perfect express road. What is it that his being a Speaker has attracted to us?
“If you go to some other constituencies where they don’t have a speaker, they are better looking than us, in Agege, it is every day you fix the shock absorber of your car because the roads are bad, so what advantage have we as people of Agege really enjoyed having Speaker for two terms?
“Personally speaking, I haven’t seen the advantage, that is why a lot of people like us are saying we must challenge that status quo, we must come against and talk about all these things, for so long, we have been covering it. We have covered it for almost two terms which is eight years, for me that is just too long”, Jafojo lamented.
The man who decamped from the rulling All Progressive Congress (APC) to LP ahead of the 2023 to realise his ambition, condemned the deceit and political subterfuges at play by APC party leaders to retain Obasa perpetually on the seat, when there are more ‘capable hands’ in the constituency.
“Agege has never been short of capable hands who can bring adequate representation to our people but the problem has been imposition by the party leaders.
“I remember when I was in APC as a member, every time there is an election, Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa will always plead with the leaders who will prevail on us to be patient. They would say we shouldn’t worry, this would be his last term and he wouldn’t want to go again.
“The last time that such a plea came was prior to the 2019 election, when they pleaded with all of us again that since he was going for Senate thereafter he was not going to contest for House of Assembly anymore, but before we know it, he just did a 360 degrees turn around and said no, he was not going for Senate anymore, and want to remain in the Assembly. It was at this point some of us concluded the party leaders were not being sincere, so we decided to leave the party”, he said.
Jafojo decried the rate at which his supporters were being attacked by alleged APC thugs in Agege, which he sees as an act of desipiration by a non-performing Speaker.
“Three or four days ago, I got a call that some APC members in APC shirts were attacking my people, they brought down and burnt my banner telling them that they know they want to work for labour party and not for APC.
“Why this level of despiration? If you have done a good job, people will support you. Why are people still talking about Jakande and Jafojo era till date? It is because they did good things, people still talk about the works they did.
“Those days they referred to UPN as party ‘Mekunnu’ it is like Labour Party today where you don’t need to have money to get the party’s ticket. If you have done so well and it is visible to the people in the community they are going to come out and support you,” Jafojo said.
The LP candidate also said his aspiration is much of a need to fulfill the age long desires of his late father whose initial ambition was to clinch the house of Assembly seat before he was offered the Deputy governorship position by the late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Adeniyi Jafojo who is seeking to represent Agege constituency 01 at the Lagos Assembly, has called out the incumbent Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa as someone whose two terms speakership at the assembly has not brought any development to his constituency.
The son of late Rafiu Bakare Jafojo, former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, in an interview with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday explained why the incumbent speaker who is contesting to represent Agege 01 again is not worthy of people’s vote any longer.
Should Obasa who has been in the House of Assembly since year 2003 win the Saturday 18th assembly election, he would be respresenting Agege 01 for the sixth term, which his Labour Party counterpart decried as selfish politics the Speaker and his APC party leaders are known for.
When asked why he is trying to unseat the speaker who is at a vintage position to attract development to the constituency, Jafojo said his (Obasa) position has not brought any good to them in Agege 01.
“What has the speakership position he holds brought to Agege? What have we enjoyed in Agege. What new things. Is it the building of recreational centres. Is it creating a lot of jobs for our women and men. What is it that we have really enjoyed. Is it perfect express road. What is it that his being a Speaker has attracted to us?
“If you go to some other constituencies where they don’t have a speaker, they are better looking than us, in Agege, it is every day you fix the shock absorber of your car because the roads are bad, so what advantage have we as people of Agege really enjoyed having Speaker for two terms?
“Personally speaking, I haven’t seen the advantage, that is why a lot of people like us are saying we must challenge that status quo, we must come against and talk about all these things, for so long, we have been covering it. We have covered it for almost two terms which is eight years, for me that is just too long”, Jafojo lamented.
The man who decamped from the rulling All Progressive Congress (APC) to LP ahead of the 2023 to realise his ambition, condemned the deceit and political subterfuges at play by APC party leaders to retain Obasa perpetually on the seat, when there are more ‘capable hands’ in the constituency.
“Agege has never been short of capable hands who can bring adequate representation to our people but the problem has been imposition by the party leaders.
“I remember when I was in APC as a member, every time there is an election, Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa will always plead with the leaders who will prevail on us to be patient. They would say we shouldn’t worry, this would be his last term and he wouldn’t want to go again.
“The last time that such a plea came was prior to the 2019 election, when they pleaded with all of us again that since he was going for Senate thereafter he was not going to contest for House of Assembly anymore, but before we know it, he just did a 360 degrees turn around and said no, he was not going for Senate anymore, and want to remain in the Assembly. It was at this point some of us concluded the party leaders were not being sincere, so we decided to leave the party”, he said.
Jafojo decried the rate at which his supporters were being attacked by alleged APC thugs in Agege, which he sees as an act of desipiration by a non-performing Speaker.
“Three or four days ago, I got a call that some APC members in APC shirts were attacking my people, they brought down and burnt my banner telling them that they know they want to work for labour party and not for APC.
“Why this level of despiration? If you have done a good job, people will support you. Why are people still talking about Jakande and Jafojo era till date? It is because they did good things, people still talk about the works they did.
“Those days they referred to UPN as party ‘Mekunnu’ it is like Labour Party today where you don’t need to have money to get the party’s ticket. If you have done so well and it is visible to the people in the community they are going to come out and support you,” Jafojo said.
The LP candidate also said his aspiration is much of a need to fulfill the age long desires of his late father whose initial ambition was to clinch the house of Assembly seat before he was offered the Deputy governorship position by the late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
