Some residents of Somolu Local Government Area of Lagos State, on Thursday, June 24, 2021 protested to Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja over alleged imposition of the incumbent Chairman of Somolu Local Government, Mr. Abdul Ahmed Salawu, as the candidate of the party in the forthcoming LGA election in the state.
The protesters carrying various placards with inscription such as, “Somolu unite for Bowale”, “Enough is enough”, “No Bowale, No election”, “Dullar Must Go”, amongst others threatened that no election will hold in the area on the 24th of July, if the leadership of the party failed to return the mandate to their candidate.
In the latest development, the aggrieved members from Somolu Local Government Area are calling on the Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and the national leader of APC and members of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) not to support the incumbent Chairman, Mr. Abdul Ahmed Salawu, as the candidate of the party in the forthcoming LGA election in the State.
Leader of the protesters, Mr. Jimi Olanrewaju, who spoke with newsmen during the protest, alleged that the incumbent Chairman popularly referred to as Dullar, did not allow primary election to hold in the area on May 29, saying that he disrupted the entire process of the primaries in the area.
He said: “The council chairman locked up the people that were supposed to conduct the primary in Somolu in his office. Bowale Sosinmi is the person we want as our chairmanship candidate.”
