Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court affirming him as the winner of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Lagos.<\/p>\n
Dr. Obasa, in a congratulatory message issued by Eromosele Ebhomele, his Chief Press Secretary, said the judgement by the Supreme Court is a further affirmation that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has the support of Lagos residents as reflected in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n “With the election battle now put to rest by the Supreme Court, I join millions of our supporters to congratulate our amiable Governor and Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat.<\/span><\/p>\n “It is a victory well deserved as the Supreme Court has now proven the Election Petition Tribunal and the Appeal Court right concerning their earlier rulings in favour of Governor Sanwo-Olu.<\/span><\/p>\n “On behalf of my colleagues at the Lagos State House of Assembly, I also congratulate our party, its leadership, members and supporters for all the efforts they put into the electioneering just as I urge other contenders in the election to join hands with the current administration and support its policies to make Lagos greater,” Obasa said.<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has congratulated the Aare of Lagos, Chief, Rasaq Akanni Okoya, on his 84th birthday describing the foremost industrialist as a blessing to Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n According to Obasa, Chief Okoya, at 84, has played very important roles in the growth, development and progress of Lagos and Nigeria through his chain of businesses and philanthropy.<\/span><\/p>\n “On behalf of my family and colleagues, I join your friends and associates to wish you a wonderful 84th birthday filled with Allah’s goodness.<\/span><\/p>\n “Your name remains etched in gold because of your commitment and passion for a better society. Your philanthropic activities are testaments of your large heart.<\/span><\/p>\n “While wishing you a beautiful celebration, I pray Allah continue to grant you good health, divine strength and wisdom at all times,” the Speaker prayed.<\/span><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court affirming him as the winner of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1652,1440,8356],"class_list":["post-17475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-babajide-sanwo-olu","tag-mudashiru-obasa","tag-supreme-court-judgement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17477,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17475\/revisions\/17477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}