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Council Chairman Adewale Displays Open Obsession With Tinubu, Commissions Multi-Million Naira "Bola Tinubu" Legislative Complex

October 31, 2014

Chairman of Amuwo Odofin local council area in Lagos State, Mr. Ayo Adewale has continued to display, openly, his adoration for his political godfather and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress Party (APC), Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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His obsession, lately, was expressed in a new legislative complex he built in Festac Town, and named it after the political godfather. The complex gulped several millions of naira according a source in the Local Government.

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While he unveiled the building on Monday, Mr. Ayo Adewale, flanked by some members of the NADECO as well as politicians, described it as first of its kind by any local government in "Africa, some parts of Europe, America and Asia".

Meanwhile, Amuwo Odofin Local Area is allegedly suffering from lack of a proper drainage network, which is said to be worsened by the activities of crude oil transporters in the area. Both factors are said to contribute to increased potential for flooding during rains.

A school owner in the area said flooding has affected activities in their schools and poses significant health problems to locals. The school administrator also stated that a number of area inhabitants had written to the Council Chairman and other officials asking for intervention, but he had allowed the situation to worsen.

Sources in the area also allege that pipeline vandals continue to operate unperturbed in the area, causing friction between the Council Chairman and the Police Area Commander, Mr. Dan Okoro.

Both Councilman Adewale and Police Commander Okoro are said to have created their separate security units, which occasionally clash over authority in securing the area.

Some locals alleged that Commander Okoro may be protecting the pipeline vandals as well as encouraging fuel trucks to use roads under restriction by the local government authority for maintenance purposes. The blatant protection of trucks through restricted paths by Commander Okoro is said to be a source of contention  for the Local Chairman, Mr. Ayo Adewale.

Mr. Ayo Adewale was leader of Students' Union at the Lagos State University (LASU), and is said developed his syndrome of obsession for Tinubu after the APC chieftain favored him to emerge local council chairman in Amuwo Odofin.

Asiwaju Tinubu is allegedly notorious for handpicking anyone who shows loyalty and support to him and rewards such supporters with political appointments.

Some residents at Somolu Local Government area, for instance, told our correspondent that their Council Chairman was initially a personal fashion tailor for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu before being arbitrarily appointed by Tinubu as Council Chairman for Somolu Local Government area.

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