We wish to categorically state that the alleged sponsored protest against the re-election bid of His Excellency, Honorable James Abiodun Faleke as currently being reported by several online media platforms is borne out of selfish agenda, sheer wickedness and did not in anyway represent the position of APC members or constituents of Ikeja Federal Constituency.
Those who sponsored the protest are enemies of progress and should totally be ignored, disregarded and condemned.
We have noticed that out of their selfish interest, these enemies would do anything possible in order to stop the ongoing progress of the party APC in Ikeja Federal Constituency.
Honorable James Abiodun Faleke remain the best member to represent Ikeja Federal Constituency since Nigeria return to democracy in 1999.
Among those who have represented the Federal constituency from 1999 till date, no one has effectively represented the Constituency like Honorable Faleke.
He represented Ikeja well, he relate and operate an open door policy with members of his constituents. He is very active and has made meaningful contributions on the floor of the house. He took the burden of members of the constituency as his burden. He is a complete party faithful to a fault, even beyond his constituency.
He recently empowered Constituents across Ikeja, Ojodu, and Onigbongbo with various empowerment items ranging from cars to various other items.
Today if the same Hon. Faleke is being endorsed across all wards in Ikeja, then the people must have found something special in him.
After selflessly serving as Executive Secretary by appointment and thereafter got elected as two term Local Government Chairman and Member House of Representatives and now his people are still clamouring for his return for the third term, it’s glaring the name Faleke had been tested and trusted.
Secondly, the protesters who out of ignorance claim that he is from Kogi and should therefore return to Kogi State. This claim is not in tune with the present day political reality.
Lagos today have accommodated people from other states and tribes and have also giving them opportunity to serve her people in one capacity or another.
It’s no more news that a current serving LCDA Chairman in Lagos originated from the Ebira extraction of Kogi State. In a working democratic setting, ability to represent and deliver dividends of Democracy to the people has nothing to do with state of origin of the representative.
The Igbo's have won elections to represent Lagosians, therefore such argument is parochial and sentimental and should be disregard.
Fortunately, the national leader of APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a man who do not judge people based on their place of origin, tribe and color. Asiwaju solely believes in quality and competence and that is the reason Lagos state have become the most developed and enviable state among all other states in the country.
Finally, In as much Honorable Faleke harbors no grudge against Mrs. Toke Benson, we urge her to make the unity and progress of the party a priority, conduct herself, her hired protesters in a more democratic manner and allowed members of the party determine who will represent them at the coming primaries instead of resorting to cheap blackmails and propaganda.
Thank you.
Alamoh Kehinde Samuel
SA media to Honorable Faleke.
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