Mushin and Oshodi areas of Lagos State came to a halt yesterday as
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the
state, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, took his campaign to the trading communities in
Ladipo, Idi-Oro, Oshodi and Ikeja.
He promised to improve the sanitary condition in the Ladipo Auto
Spare Parts Market and the welfare of its occupants by building a
pedestrian bridge at the Toyota Bus-Stop, as well as establishing a
system of overnight waste management.
Agbaje’s entourage, which included his running mate, Alhaja Safurat Abdulkarim, had been met with shouts of, “PDP! Power!”
The crowd of admirers, comprising commercial motorcyclists and
traders, flowed through the Matori area and blocked the Apapa-Oshodi
expressway, with many of them chanting:
“You don win! Make una no share money, we go vote for una, and No more Tinubu!”
Addressing the huge crowd of cheering traders at Ladipo auto market,
Agbaje said from May 29, they would witness an end to the era of
impunity, which they had suffered at the hand of the Lagos State
Government, with incessant shutting of their business place.
“I am a businessman and I want to assure you that I know what it
means to close your market at the slightest opportunity,” he said.
Also, he condemned the imposition of a babaloja (market leader) on the market that was dominated by Igbo traders.
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