BY: AYO AGBEOLUWAYE

Thousands of Eti-Osa residents in Lagos at the weekend declared their support for President Bola Tinubu, governorship hopeful Obafemi Hamzat and a member of the State House of Assembly, Noheem Adams ahead of the forthcoming elections.

Speaking at the event, the Central Working Committee of the All Progressive Congress, Mr. Murphy Adetoro declared ‘no vacancy’ at the presidency and the House of Assembly while maintaining its support for Hamzat as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s successor.

Commending the crowd at the rally, Adetoro said the Central Working Committee of APC in Eti-Osa axis and all the LG chairmen in the constituency had written to the party endorsing Noheem Adams

“Thus, on the day of the primaries, we will all be behind him. What we are doing today is a rehearsal of what is going to happen on the day of the primary election,” he said.

“We are publicly declaring our support for President Tinubu whose achievements speak volumes. We have also started working to ensure the victory of Engr. Obafemi Hamzat who will take over from our active governor.

“Some days ago, we all wrote to the APC leadership in Lagos endorsing our son, Noheem Adams, as consensus.

President of the Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA),On his part, Alhaji Sulyman Bello stressed that the lawmaker enjoys the support of the entire residents of the constituency and has become a rallying point for residents of Eti-Osa

“With his position at the House, it is dangerous to send a fresh member. By God’s special grace, we want to see him beyond the seat of Majority Leader,” he declared before the crowd while confirming an earlier letter the association sent to the APC endorsing him.

Meanwhile, the Arewa group in the constituency said they had mobilised one thousand five hundred members from the three councils in the area to support the lawmaker.

In his remark, Hon. Noheem Adams thanked party leaders, traditional rulers and constituents for their support describing the endorsement as a challenge to do more when re-elected while also thanking President Bola Tinubu for opening up the constituency with a coastal road adding that this feat has earned the President “massive love from the people of my area.”