APC Loses Six Reps Seats In Lagos

   The All Progressives Congress has lost five House of
Representatives seats to the Peoples Democratic Party
and a seat to the Accord Party in Lagos.
The Punch reports that investigations showed that most
of the reps lost in Igbo-dominated local government
areas. Sources in the APC said the love the people of the
South-East have for President Goodluck Jonathan
positively affected the PDP candidates, some of whom
had not even been vigorously campaigning.

In Amuwo Odofin local government, which has a very
high Igbo population, especially in areas like Kirikiri,
Satellite Town and FESTAC, the PDP candidate, Oghene
Egboh, who is from the Niger-Delta, defeated Ganiyu
Olukolu of the APC.
In Ajeromi/Ifelodun, which is one of the most densely
populated areas in Lagos state and is home to Ajegunle
(another Igbo dominated area), the PDP candidate, Rita
Orji, who also hails from the South-East, defeated Taiwo
Adenekan of the APC.
The story was the same in the Igbo-dominated Ojo LG,
where the PDP candidate, Mr. Tajudeen Obasa, won the
seat. In Surulere federal constituency 2, which is home to
Aguda and a few Igbo settlements, Tunji Soyinka of the
PDP defeated Hakeem Bamgbala of the APC.
It was also learnt that apart from the ‘Igbo’ factor, the
incumbent rep, Aliyu Kazeem, had been in court with
Bamgbala over the conduct of the primary. It was learnt
that the division within the party gave the PDP the
opportunity to penetrate the community.
An APC leader in Surulere said, “We are still in shock.
Haliyu Kazeem, who is the incumbent, lost the primary in
December last year and refused to work with Bamgbala.
He took Bamgbala to court and they are still slugging it
out. “If they had put things in order, we would not have
lost. Bamgbala is a former chairman of Aguda Local
Council Development Area and a good grass roots
politician.”
In Mushin federal constituency 2, the APC candidate,
Yemi Alli, lost to Dauda Kako-Aare of the Accord Party.
Kako-Aare, who is the incumbent, lost at the APC
primary last December to Alli and defected to Accord. In
Oshodi/Isolo federal constituency 2, the incumbent, Mr.
Akeem Munir, lost to Tony Nwoolu of the PDP.