Olawale Rhodes-Vivour, the father of Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate, Gbadebo, has encouraged Lagosians to come out and vote his son in the March 11 poll in the state stating it is possible to “prevail over evil” if Lagosians come out en masse and support his son.
Olawale Rhodes-Vivour in company of a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Senator Kofo Bucknor-Akerele said this while endorsing his son for the election on Wednesday in the Lagos neighbourhood of Ikeja, adding Gbadebo has character and is tough to finish what he has begun.
“If we can see the writing on the wall that it is possible to prevail against evil, then please come out on the 11th of March and make it a resounding victory for all of us,” he said at the event well-attended by the Rhodes-Vivour family and chieftains of the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere.
“Don’t be afraid, don’t be scared, come out on the 11th. We have put in place strategies,” the LP governorship candidate’s father said.
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“We are going to be proactive and not reactive on the 11th because if we got 900,000 votes and you gave us 500,000 votes, even though we beat you, still affect the overall turnout of the situation.”
He claimed that Nigerians have had enough and just want leaders that were nice and normal.
“Gbadebo is my son,” he declared. Gbadebo is an activist, not a politician. Gbadebo’s main characteristic is that. When he came out of school, he was busy leading marches to the legislature, he was debating with the minister of agriculture.
“My son is rugged enough to finish what he started. Gbadebo, at heart, is just a good man because he reacts violently to anything negative.”
“During his activism, he realised that it is difficult to change things as an activist and he decided to go back to school to have a Masters in Political Science.”
Olawale also separated his son from the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Gbadebo are not interested in IPOB. This young man is incredibly intelligent and motivated. In Lagos, we can follow his progress every day. He doesn’t have time for IPOB. Even Obi has publicly said that he does not support IPOB.
