“In the history of Ikeja Federal Constituency, no woman has been given an opportunity to become the council chairman.”
Some women in Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos State, on Friday, staged a protest against the alleged imposition of a chairmanship candidate by the leaders of All Progressive Congress (APC) against their preferred aspirant, Rakiyah Hassan.
The women stormed the Ikeja GRA residence of Abayomi Finnih, one of the chieftains of APC in the Area.
They decried the alleged imposition of the incumbent chairman, Oladotun Olakanle, whom they claimed had been imposed against their wish.
Kikelomo Adeyemi, who led the protest, said that their major demand was for the party to organise a primary election to ensure their preferred candidate would win the election.
“We want the primaries, no imposition. It is our time to have a woman as our council chairman. All these women you’re seeing here are loyal party members who have been contributing to the success of APC.
“And this is our only opportunity to have one of our own as chairman, but our leaders want to impose someone else.
“We are calling on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; we are calling on Honourable Tayo Ayinde, Abayomi Finnih and all our leaders. We are begging them. It’s time for a woman to emerge as chairman of Onigbongbo LCDA.
“The leaders have said they have no candidate, so why this sudden turn around of imposing someone else on us. We want Rakiyah Hassan.”
Another woman, Bola Balogun, said that the women need a woman as the next chairman of the council.
“We are tired of men; we want Rakiyah Hassan. No Hassan, no vote. We need to have a sense of belonging, so we want Hassan,” she added.
Also, Odu Pricilla said that in the history of the Ikeja Federal Constituency, no woman had been given an opportunity to become the council chairman.
“I am begging our leaders to look into this matter because they can’t impose someone on us. We are begging our leaders to look into it because the crowd that Hassan pulled is too many to be neglected.
“We are begging our leaders to look into this matter because women are the builders of the nation. We are not here to fight or abuse our leaders,” she said.
She said that if the women should allow Ms Hassan to become the chairman of Onigbongbo LCDA, things would turn around for the good of all.
(NAN)
