Chairman of the National Union of Road Transporter Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo has thrown his weight behind Kehinde Oloyede Almaroof as the next Chairman of Oshodi/Isolo Local Government.
Almaroof is the former husband of popular Nollywood actress Funke’s Akindele and son of the former Iyaloja of Oshodi, Alhaja Taiwo Almaroof.
Elections into the 20 local governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos are due in 2021.
MC Oluomo is believed to be the political leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oshodi and has the ears of the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu.
Almaroof, an estate developer, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC in 2015, contested twice for House of Representatives seat for Oshodi Constituency 1 in 2003 and 2007 .
MC Oluomo and Almaroof were arch rivals before Oloyede joined APC.
Oluomo’s decision to support Almaroof’s ambition follows series of reconciliation meeting between them. The meetings were brokered by community and party leaders in Oshodi.
A member of the party’s executive in Oshodi, who prefers to remain anonymous, said whoever is going to emerge as the party’s candidate in the local government election must come through a popular support as there won’t be imposition.
He said: ‘There is no crime in pushing for support, but what I know is that our State Chairman, Tunde Balogun, is a man of integrity and he won’t allow any imposition. There are many aspirants but the primaries will determine”.
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