• Lawmaker vies for Ogun governorship seat to the detriment of his Lagos constituency
Something is seriously wrong with Senator Olamilekan Adeola aka Yayi. The Senator representing Lagos West at the National Assembly, probably suffers a bad case of amnesia. Maybe not. Maybe he has simply chosen to treat the lives and destinies of the Lagos West electorate with contempt just because they helpless to curtail him.
As your read, Yayi has launched a desperate and ill-advised campaign to emerge the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s governorship candidate in Ogun State at the forthcoming gubernatorial elections. Recently, he expressed his confidence in Yewa people of the state claiming he was sure that they would unquestioningly accept his candidacy soon after his anointment for the role by his party’s hierarchy.
Senator Olamileka Yayi stated that he is confident that the Yewa people will overcome their long years of marginalisation, stunted growth and untold suffering in Ogun State when he becomes the Ogun state governor in 2019. Yayi is indeed a funny man. He seems to forget that he is currently representing the Lagos West Senatorial District, where he is yet to deliver on his campaign promises. It is therefore baffling and mortifying to see him campaign for the Ogun State governorship seat in such a brazen manner.
In a nutshell, Yayi is getting paid for representing Lagos and using the money to pursue his governorship ambition in Ogun State. The senator who made his controversial slip at the weekend, as a special guest of the Ninth Synod of the Diocese of Yewa at St. Paul Church, Owode-Yewa, Ogun State, said he is committed to the “emancipation” of his people and the state. Yayi is no doubt another pawn in the designs and schemes of higher powers within the APC’s increasingly porous and tainted political powerhouse. It is unclear how he and his benefactors will actualize his highly ridiculous political ambition however, 2019 is just a few years away.
