Agbaje picks female running mate for 2015


The governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos, Mr Jimi Agbaje on Sunday announced Alhaja Safurat Abdulkareem as his running mate for the 2015 election in the state.

NAN reports that Agbaje made the announcement in a statement, signed on his behalf, by his Director of Publicity, Mr Felix Oboagwina.

Abdulkareem was running mate to late PDP governorship candidate, late Mr Funso Williams in 2003.

Abdulkareem, a trained teacher and an accountant, is the wife of a retired Air Force officer and holds an MBA degree.

The statement quoted her as saying that she would complement her principal, and assist in ushering into Lagos “a refreshing atmosphere, devoid of state-brewed intimidation and human rights abuses”.

“I feel humbled about being chosen for this noble responsibility.

“Mr. Jimi Agbaje is an amiable personality. He is a complete gentleman. I hope I can really, really complement him and assist him in winning the 2015 election because Lagosians strongly desire a change in government,” she said.

Describing PDP’s chances in the governorship polls as very bright, the deputy governorship candidate said she and Agbaje were entering the race at a time when Lagosians wanted to break the shackles of subjugation that had held them bound for 16 years.

“Our chances are very bright. Everybody wants a change in Lagos. They want personalities who can bring positive programmes to their lives. We want to usher into Lagos a better way of governance, devoid of coercion and intimidation,” she said.

Born 23rd June 1961 to the family of Mr. Abdulmananu Mofolorunsho Layode and Mrs. Risikat Ayinke Layode, Abdulkareem began her educational life in Ansar-ud-Deen Primary School, Badagry, Lagos, between 1966 and 1972.

From 1975 to 1980, she attended Government Teachers’ College, Badagry, where she obtained a Teacher’s Grade II Certificate.

She, thereafter, proceeded to the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, from 1985 to 1987 for an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Accounting, followed by a Higher National Diploma (HND) from the Kano State Polytechnic (1990).

In 2006, she completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management from the University of Ado-Ekiti.

Starting out in her working career as an Accounting Officer with Bintu Binta Trading Company, Kano, in 1987, Mrs. Abdulkarim later returned to the South-West, where she rose to become the General Manager of the Ikeja, Lagos-based Disk Engineering Limited (1990 to 1996), and later Managing Director of Transmit Network (1996 to 1999).

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/12/28/agbaje-picks-female-running-mate-for-2015/

With both APC and PDP not featuring Igbos on their guber tickets I guess this battle will resume in 2019. Let us sheathe the swords for now and concentrate on getting GMB into Aso Rock

You people want to start another e-war here again, abi? As if it was an agreement initially.

somethin is fishing.......

No be like that o but some people had banked on PDP cornering the SE votes by fielding an Igbo as running mate to Agbaje. Now the chips have fallen differently it is good to get closure so we can all gather ammunition against 2019 while we deploy shells meant for this battle to the main GMB vs GEJ war.

mentorandfriend:
You people want to start another e-war here again, abi? As if it was an agreement initially.

biodunid:
No be like that o but some people had banked on PDP cornering the SE votes by fielding an Igbo as running mate to Agbaje. Now the chips have fallen differently it is good to get closure so we can all gather ammunition against 2019 while we deploy shells meant for this battle to the main GMB vs GEJ war.

Ok. I now understand better.

Her father is Igbo, from Isialangwa in Umuleri village. She became Alhaja and change name after marrying Yoruba.

Igbo in Lagos should vote for their daughter instead of harassing Fashola about positions in APC. There is no home for Ibo in APC, period! Go to PDP or go to APGA.

they should rather vote for their governorship candidate in Apga after all they are more than 70% of the total population of Lagos.






awon at'oko wa ba'le je.

Igbos can never be the deputy governor/ governor of lagos state. If they desperately want to be deputy of anywhere outside their land, it would be the deputy LGA chairman of Otuoke...

Chaiii eee pain meeeee!!!!!!!!! Another tyme will come.

I read the article and Igbo was not mentioned anywhere

Should the topic not be Alhaja Safurat Abdulkareem chosen as Jimi Agbaje's running mate?

What has that got to do with Igbo?

I wonder why some people are so insecure.