Lagos APC members agitate for removal of Ojelabi for assembling a “biased team to conduct the worst primary election in the history of our progressive party in Lagos”
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Loyal Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) members have demanded the removal of Cornelius Ojelabi as state Chairman for his shoddy job in the recent council election and in other activities that may cause the party to lose the state.
A group called Concerned Lagos APC members, led by Faleye Segun, on Monday protested at the state House of Assembly and submitted a letter against Ojebali, accusing him of rudderless leadership and lacking in vision and integrity since he took over in 2021.
The group wrote the letter to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, titled “An Appeal to Urgently Save Our Party and Secure Our Lagos”, which criticised Ojelabi’s handling of the 2025 council election, describing the primaries as the worst in the party’s history in the state.
“The highest point of his political chicanery was the mismanagement of the 2025 local government elections throughout the 57 local governments and local council development areas where he assembled the notoriously biased team to conduct the worst primary election in the history of our progressive party in Lagos State,” the letter said.
“Since 1998, Abiodun Ogunleye, Otunba Henry Ajomale and Alhaji Babatunde Balogun ran very inclusive and successful progressive party with all members’ interests at the heart of their administrations and enhanced electoral fortunes of our party.
“For the first time since the advent of Fourth Republic, Ojelabi-led party lost Lagos State to the opposition in 2023!
“This electoral disaster was followed by shabby performance in the recently concluded local government elections.
“As if that was not enough, Ojelabi, Faleke and their parochial, narrow-minded and self-centred team are planning to further polarise the party with one-side composition of the local government executives to further entrench their winner-takes-all agenda and positioning for 2027 electoral contests.
“The members of the party are not happy. We are tired of his selfish leadership and the plot of his team to derail from the progressive ideals championed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
The agitators reiterated their loyalty to the APC and their support for Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and Sanwo-Olu’s THEMES+ Agenda.
They urged APC leaders to ask Ojelabi to step down to avoid further disaster in the party’s administration in Lagos.
Bonu Solomon, the lawmaker representing Badagry 1, received the letter and escorted the protesters to the Governor’s Office, where Deputy Governor Obafemi Hazmat reportedly assured them that their concerns would be looked into.
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