The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos Negate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Speaking presently after his defection ceremony held in Alimosho Local Executive Set up of abode of Lagos, Rhodes-Vivour said that the ADC represents a solid coalition to rescue Nigeria sooner than the 2027 elections.
He said: “We’re no longer maintaining a political rally but a political meeting, which now we possess constitutional rights to carry out. Alternatively, we are in a position to satisfy with the Commissioner of Police to know why his males are right here and whether or not they’re appealing in their responsibility of offering us protection or otherwise.”
While citing that his defection to ADC change into once rooted within the must unite the opposition, the old guber candidate said: “This coalition is supposed to rescue Nigeria. Because the 2023 elections, I possess said we can no longer get the money for to divide the opposition sooner than 2027. We must reach together by a sturdy, solid coalition that can bring Nigeria from other folks that protect strength by thuggery, violence, and intimidation.”
“I am delighted to change into a part of this family. My prayer is that God will grant our leaders the wisdom to reach together and account for a brand original course for Nigeria,” he added.
Speaking earlier, the ADC Chairman in Lagos, George Ashiru, described the defection as a necessary step in building a tall-basically based coalition, adding that Rhodes-Vivour is the leader of a plug that shook Lagos in 2023.
“We’re no longer affirming one man; we are affirming a plug. What Rhodes-Vivour represents is the leadership of a plug that shook Lagos within the final election. The coalition didn’t originate three months within the past—it began two years within the past, and right now we are celebrating it,” Ashiru said.
He added that ADC’s imaginative and prescient is for “a global Lagos – Lagos for all and sundry, the assign citizens and their kids possess alternatives for the future.”
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