The Senator representing Lagos West under the All Progressives Congress, Senator Solomon Adeola, widely known as Yaayi, has reportedly declared interest to contest for the seat of Ogun West Senatorial District in the 2023 election.
It was gathered that the senator announced his intention to represent the Ogun West district at an event that took place in Ilaro, Yewa-North, local council area of Ogun State. Yaayi hails from the community.
A statement issued by his Media Adviser, Kayode Odunaro, disclosed that his boss was obeying the call of his people to come home and contribute what he could to the development of his people as he has done for Lagos West as their senator in the last six years and counting.
The statement read: “I want to thank God Almighty and the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, my leader, and the governor and all other leaders from Ogun West for their interest in me and their good wishes leading to the event of today in Ilaro, the administrative headquarters of Ogun West.
“I am officially declaring to heed their call as their son to run as a candidate for Ogun West Senatorial District in the 2023 election,” Yayi was quoted to have said.
The Senator also disclosed that over the years, he had been contributing to the development of Ogun West Senatorial district through personal efforts and facilitation of projects which will increase in leaps and bounds if he is eventually elected as the senator representing Ogun West in the Red Chamber.
“I was a major donor to the multi-million- naira electrification of the College of Agriculture, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Aiyetoro Campus; I facilitated the construction of a modern library in the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro as well as the ultra-modern community multi-purpose pavilion at Asade Agunloye Pavilion, Empire Ground, Ilaro; and numerous empowerment programmes in skill acquisitions, training and grants for many indigenes.
“As a ranking senator, all these will come in multiples for Ogun West just as I am doing for Lagos West at present,” he said.
Earlier in a welcome address, the coordinator of ‘West to West’, Dr. kunle Salako, said similar rallies endorsing a second term for Prince Abiodun and for Senator Adeola to run as Ogun West Senator had been held at Imeko-Afon, Yewa North, Ado Odo-Ota and Ipokia local government areas, adding that this one in Yewa South is the grand finale as the home-council area of Senator Adeola.