By Kolawole Omotola Olaide
IKEJA, LAGOS | OCTOBER 28, 2026
The Executive Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Aare Taoheed Adebayo Taiwo (TAT), has joined prominent All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in a strategic engagement with traditional rulers and regents across the Ikeja Division of Lagos State as preparations intensify for the 2027 general elections.
The meeting, held at Sheraton Hotels and Suites, Ikeja, brought together the Lagos State Deputy Governor and APC governorship candidate, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat (KOH), alongside members of the PBAT-KOH Campaign Council and other party stakeholders.
The engagement was aimed at strengthening consultations with traditional institutions, fostering collaboration with royal fathers and enhancing grassroots mobilisation ahead of the forthcoming elections.
The meeting forms part of the campaign council’s ongoing divisional consultations across Lagos State. The Badagry Division has already been covered, while engagements under the IBILE and Ikeja divisions are part of the broader outreach to traditional rulers across the state.
Among the political leaders in attendance were Cardinal James Omolaja Odunmbaku, MFR, popularly known as Baba Eto; Senator Musiliu Olatunde Obanikoro, Director-General of the PBAT-KOH Campaign Council; High Chief Muraino Akanbi Taiwo; Princess Damilola Sonayon-James, APC Deputy Governorship Candidate; Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, Lagos State APC Chairman; Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi; and Dr. Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya.
Other notable participants included Comrade Akeem Olalekan Dauda (AKOD), Executive Chairman of Ikeja Local Government; Hon. Akinpelu Ibrahim Johnson, Executive Chairman of Alimosho Local Government; and Otunba Adebayo Aremu Olasoju, Executive Chairman of Isolo LCDA.
The traditional rulers’ delegation was led by Oba Lasisi Gbadebo Gbadamosi, the Onigando of Igando Land.
Also present were Oba Morufu Adisa Adekunle Ojoola, JP, Imakiyo II and Oojon of Ejigbo and Ijon Land; Oba Shakirudeen Adeshina Kuti, the Elewu of Ewu Kingdom; and Oba Isa Abiodun Faronbi-Shekoni, the Osolo of Isolo Kingdom, alongside other monarchs and regents from the division.
The participation of TAT and other political leaders highlighted the campaign council’s efforts to deepen engagement with traditional institutions, whose influence remains significant in community relations, public advocacy and grassroots political consultations.
The meeting also provided an opportunity for party stakeholders to strengthen relationships with royal fathers and discuss the importance of cooperation between political leadership and traditional institutions in promoting community development and peaceful participation in the electoral process.
With the 2027 general elections approaching, the PBAT-KOH Campaign Council is continuing its engagements with key stakeholders across Lagos State as part of its broader political consultations and mobilisation
