By Joseph Undu
A former Chairman of Fancy and Furniture, Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, Chief Azubuike Ekwerekwu, yesterday, commended traders in the market for the way they participated in the just concluded local government elections in Lagos State, asking them to continue with the spirit in future elections in the state.
Ekwerekwu, popularly called Obosi, who spoke while receiving top officials of Igbo coalition in Lagos who came to brief him on the outcome of the elections, noted that traders in Alaba had always reciprocated the kind gesture and hospitality of their hosts, hence they went enmasse to vote for the right candidates and joined the winning party during the elections.
According to him, prior to the elections, Alaba International Market was temporarily shut down, Thursday, to enable the traders come out enmasse to welcome him and top members of the Igbo Coalition in APC to solicit massive support for the party in Ojo local government area.
“During the occasion, I spoke of the need for Igbo in the area to take the elections serious by giving their votes to the ruling APC,” he stated. “I stated that the importance of their investments in the area cannot be over-emphasized and reminded them of the need to identify with the party.”
In his speech during the occasion, the Chairman of Igbo Coalition in APC, Chief Chris Ekwilo, appreciated the leader of the party in the area for carrying Igbo along by giving them the post of Vice Chairman of the council, Mrs. Edna Uche Ubosi, and enjoined them to reciprocate the gesture by the Yoruba by giving bloc votes to the party. The President of Alaba Amalgamated Union, Chief Felix Nwagu, also thanked leaders of Igbo Coalition for gracing the occasion, assuring that Igbo will reciprocate the gesture of the Yoruba in the area.
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