Bunch of area boys. From their leader Tinubu, Lai Muhamed, Aregbesola, Rejected and former PDP criminals Amusun, Ajumobi, Achike Udenwa, terrorist Udoedeghe etc. The only sane guy in the group is Fashola.

Goddex:

Bunch of area boys. From their leader Tinubu, Lai Muhamed, Aregbesola, Rejected and former PDP criminals Amusun, Ajumobi, Achike Udenwa, terrorist Udoedeghe etc. The only sane guy in the group is Fashola.

Nairaland should really be changed to propaganda land to accomodate how many here speak as if they have swallowed , without deploying their own ability to think and do basic research , decieftul propaganda. Below is Ajimobi's professional History . Can you match Ajimobi's achievement to be slandering him like this ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiola_Ajimobi

Professional career

He returned to Nigeria in 1977 and joined Management and Industrial Consulting firm as a Senior Consultant. He thereafter worked briefly with Modulor Group (an architectural firm) as the Finance and Admin Controller, before joining Nestle Foods PLC. as the Operations Controller and later as Marketing Controller. In 1979, he joined National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company as the Consumer Products Manager. He was the youngest Manager to occupy such a sensitive position. His performance quickly earned him promotion to the level of Divisional Manager within one and a half years. Thus becoming the youngest Divisional Manager to be thus appointed.

He was later promoted to head a newly created Corporate Credit division reporting directly to the Managing director. As a top flyer in the company and based on his problem solving ability he was deployed to Ibadan Business District as the Area Manager to ensure the repositioning of the company's entire activities in the area. The Company and the district experienced landmark achievements in its modern retail network resulting. In 1987 he built the company’s first 3 in 1 and the largest petrol station retail outlet in Nigeria. The district office built during his tenure still stands out today in Jericho, Ibadan.

In 1987, based on a worldwide international strategic positioning of the lubricants business desired by Shell International Oil Company, he was appointed the Lubricants Manager. He successfully built a new Lubricant division which became the most profitable business of the company and the largest contributor to the corporate profit. Having completed the strategic repositioning of the Lubricants department, he was moved to manage another troubled business arm- the aviation department. By 1993, he had acquired broad exposure in virtually all the marketing arms of the company. As part of the grooming programme he was posted on an international assignment to Shell International storage company of Togo, serving the whole of West Africa as Chief Executive. He also was the Operations Director of Shell Marketing Company in Togo covering some West African countries.

He returned to Nigeria in 1995 and was appointed in 1996 as Oil Sales Manager in 1998. He was appointed to the board of the company as Executive director- Marketing, a position he held before his appointment on February 2001, as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company. As Managing Director he substainally improved the profitability of the company and the shareholders fortune. In 2003, he voluntarily retired after 26 years of service in the Oil industry.

In his successful professional career spanning a period of over three decades, Abiola Ajimobi was smart, brilliant, quick witted, and positively impacted on the businesses and people he interacted with

Kayode Fayemi.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayode_Fayemi

Academic and political initiatives

Kayode Fayemi is a former Director of the Centre for Democracy & Development, a research and training institution dedicated to the study and promotion of democratic development, peace-building and human security in Africa. Prior to his establishment of the Centre, he worked as a lecturer, journalist, researcher and Strategy Development adviser in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He was Strategy Development Adviser at London’s City Challenge; research fellow at the African Research & Information Bureau in London, UK, reporter with the newspapers, The Guardian and City Tempo, editor of the political monthly, Nigeria-Now, management consultant at Development and Management Consultants and lecturer at the Police College in Sokoto, Nigeria. As a prominent leader of the Nigerian opposition to military rule in exile, he was responsible for the founding and management of the opposition radios – Radio Freedom, Radio Democracy International & Radio Kudirat and played a central role in the opposition’s diplomatic engagements in exile. An account of the process and roles played in the setting up of Radio Kudirat may be found in Fayemi's book Out Of The Shadows.

[b]Amongst his numerous academic and public policy engagements at home and abroad, Kayode Fayemi has lectured in Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia. He has also served as an adviser on transitional justice, regional integration, constitutionalism, security sector reform and civil-military relations issues to various governments, inter-governmental institutions and development agencies. He was the main technical adviser to Nigeria’s Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission (Oputa Panel), which investigated past abuses and currently serves on the Presidential Implementation Committees on Security Sector Reform, NEPAD and the Millennium Development Goals. He was technical expert to ECOWAS on small arms and light weapons and United Nations Economic Commission of Africa on governance issues. He is also a member, Africa Policy Advisory Panel of the British Government. At other times he has served as a consultant to the OECD on Security Sector Reform and chaired the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative’s Committee of Experts on developing guiding principles and mechanisms of constitution making in Commonwealth Africa.[/b]

Kayode Fayemi is a Fellow of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Ibadan, Adjunct Professor of Security Studies at the African Centre for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., USA. He was also a Visiting Professor in the African Studies Programme at Northwestern University, Evanston, USA in 2004. Dr Fayemi serves on numerous Boards including the Governing Board of the Open Society Justice Institute, Baobab for Women’s Human Rights, African Security Sector Network, and on the Advisory Board of the Global Facilitation Network on Security Sector Reform and on the Management Culture Board of the ECOWAS Secretariat.

Even the man many now call a thug on account of the effort of one Nairaland spambot has achieved far more than many other Politicians in Nigeria today. Rauf Aregbesola.

http://www..com/ng/autographs-and-biographies/5768-biography-of-rauf-aregbesola.html

Biography Of Rauf Aregbesola



He was born May, 1957. He graduated from The Polytechnic Ibadan where he studied Mechanical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the following professional bodies:
Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM),
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE),
Nigerian Association of Technological Engineers (NATE) and
Certified Marketing Communications Institute of Nigeria (CMCIN)

Some of his awards include:
Chairman, Aurora Nigeria Limited (1986)
Ambassador of Goodwill for the State of Tennessee, USA
Nigerian Society of Engineers Merit Award (Contribution to Engineering Discipline)
The Best Commissioner in Lagos State Award
He was the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Lagos State, Nigeria 1999-2007.

Now ,the Governor of Osun State,after the tribunal nullified the election of Oyinlola.

Fola Adeola Nko ? What a "thug" !!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fola_Adeola

Leadership in the Private Sector

Fola is widely recognized as a maverick in the Nigerian private sector. In 1990, he established Guaranty Trust Bank which he managed as Managing Director/CEO from its inception in 1990 to July 2002, during which he firmly established the institution as a strong and credible bank. Guaranty Trust Bank has grown to become one of Nigeria's largest and most profitable companies. The bank has also expanded beyond Nigeria to other neighbouring African countries (The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Liberia) and in United Kingdom. The bank became listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1996.

In 2002, Fola voluntarily retired from Guaranty Trust Bank, after twelve years, successfully handing over to his deputy. Since this time period, Fola has served as the chairman of a range of institutions including UTC, ARM, Lotus Capital, Eterna Oil, Tafsan Breweries (board member), and Credit Registry Services.

Fola Adeola is also the chairman of Main One Cable Company Limited[3] which completed the construction of an open access submarine cable system that spanned 14,000 kilometres and provides international and internet connectivity to countries on the Atlantic Coast from Portugal to Lagos, Nigeria connecting these countries with each other and with the rest of the world which completed in 2010.[4]
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Leadership in the Public Sector

Fola served as Chairman of the National Pension Commission,[5] following the promulgation into law of the Pension Bill (principally authored by him), by the National Assembly of Nigeria. He chaired the Lagos State Disaster Relief Committee which was set up following the January 27, 2002 bomb blast tragedy in Lagos, Nigeria.

Fola was also a member of the National Honours and Awards Committee and was appointed a member of the Governing Council of Lagos State University in November 2004. He served as a member of the Solid Minerals Committee (constituted by the Federal Government) and was the Chairman of Ogun State Development Trust Fund Committee. He was a council member of Lagos State University and until January 17, 2011 served as a council member Olabisi Onabanjo University.[6]
[edit] Civil Society Engagement

Given Fola's commitment to empowering Nigerian youth to create jobs for themselves and others, he established the FATE Foundation in 2000.[7]FATE is a non-governmental organization which is dedicated to encouraging the creation of wealth through entrepreneurship, using an innovative mix of training, mentoring, loan support and consulting to support young Nigerians. To date it has served over 30,000 young Nigerian entrepreneurs, of which over 65% are fully employed by their businesses and are employing on average about four staff.

Through the vision of Fola Adeola, FATE is expanding its offerings to start an innovation centre in Abeokuta. The Institute for Venture Design in close collaboration with the Centre for Design Research at Stanford University is starting a new kind of entrepreneurship program focused on engineering, technology, and innovation with a goal to boost development of industry in Nigeria.

Fola has also engaged in many forms of philanthropy and has donated generously to many not for profits causes and religious organizations. Internationally, Fola served as a member of the Global Advisory Committee on Philanthropy of the World Economic Forum for 4 years. In 2001, Fola was invited to join twenty-four other business leaders for the Aspen Institute ISIB Annual Business Leaders Dialogue in Aspen, Colorado. In May 2004, Fola was appointed Commissioner on the Commission for Africa by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair.[8]

Fola was a Council member, and is Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria; Fellow of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria.

Goddex:

Bunch of area boys. From their leader Tinubu, Lai Muhamed, Aregbesola, Rejected and former PDP criminals Amusun, Ajumobi, Achike Udenwa, terrorist Udoedeghe etc. The only sane guy in the group is Fashola.

The way some of you guys just make hasty generalizations and baseless statements is becoming annoying. You simply over-reached yourself just to demonize ACN. You declared that everybody in the party is insane except Fashola. What a spurious statement to make!

Now, after treating us to that tale of falsehood, do you mind telling us about the people in PDP or ANPP? Are those parties peopled by saints and angels? Or would you rather rise to the occasion and defend the assertion you made?

Introducing another "thug" who only had the bravery to fight for what is best for Nigerians while some can sit on the net slandering the good name of others. Adam Oshiomhole.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3051462.stm

Profile: Adams Oshiomhole
By Sola Odunfa
BBC, Lagos

Once again Adams Oshiomhole has proved that he has the trust and the confidence of Nigerian workers.
Adams Oshiomhole, NLC president
Mr Oshiomhole was tear gassed by Nigeria's police but did not bow out

When the leader of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced a general strike against petrol price increases, many predicted defeat.

Last year a similar strike against oil price increases crumbled within two days after Mr Oshiomhole was arrested.

Critics said then that his arrest was pre-arranged in order to scuttle the strike.

Two weeks ago a political activist in Lagos issued a public warning to Mr Oshiomhole against betraying the workers.

Irreversible

A sceptical government believed that workers would not head his strike call and President Olusegun Obasanjo announced that the price rise was irreversible.

Police watching NLC members on one of Abuja's streets
Nigerian workers defied court order to stage the strike

Now Adams has proved his critics wrong with his apparently committed leadership of the strike.

He was in the vanguard of demonstrations on the streets of the capital, Abuja, in spite of threats by armed policemen.

He faced teargas attacks but did not bow.

By the second day of the strike the entire country had been shut down save for a few essential services.

Triumph

The past week has therefore been a personal triumph for the NLC president.

He was a political supporter of President Obasanjo, or so many Nigerians believed, because he was a special guest at the public declaration last year of the president's intention to seek a second term in office.

But when the issue of an increase in petrol prices came up, Adams became a strong critic of the administration.

The father of five rose through the ranks in the Nigeria labour movement after beginning his career as a shop steward at a textile factory.

Persuasive

In his march to the top he studied labour, economics and industrial relations at Ruskin College, Oxford in England and he also attended. Nigeria's prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies.

He is a very fluent and persuasive public speaker.

He is a pleasant person to meet but a very powerful individual. He spends nearly all his time on union matters.

About thee years ago he told me that his goal in life was to build the labour movement into a stronger and more cohesive force then when he joined.

He appears to be succeeding because last year the formerly fractious unions unanimously gave him one more term in office to strengthen the NLC.

His public image is summed up by a young bank employee in Lagos, who told me, Mr Oshiomhole commands respect.

Now can someone give us the Profile of PDP legends like Iyiola Omisore, Musiliu Obanikoro, Alao Akala, Oyinlola, Ayo Fayose

Or nationally people like Tony Anenih, Thoedore Orji, Ikedi ohakim, Emma Uduaghan, Diepreye Alamieyeiseigha, Lucky Igbinedion, James Ibori and Odechukwu Retardeen Jonathan

Pukkah:

The way some of you guys just make hasty generalizations and baseless statements is becoming annoying. You simply over-reached yourself just to demonize ACN.  You declared that everybody in the party is insane except Fashola. What a spurious statement to make!

Now, after treating us to that tale of falsehood, do you mind telling us about the people in PDP or ANPP?  Are those parties peopled by saints and angels? Or would you rather rise to the occasion and defend the assertion you made?

Thank you my brother !!!! Believe me, their false blanket condemnation of the ACN is motivated by something more vile. The OP had the nerve to mention Ajimobi . That was what got me mad . This is a great man with a fantastic professional resume. Yet he is now casually slandered by those not even willing to let facts get in the way of their disgusting utterances. The sad thing is that non-Nigerians reading nairaland would actually think ACN politicians are thugs from the nonsensical utterances that is now the norm here !!!!! They would not know that the ACN is called a "progressive" Party because , literally, it is home to some of the most progressive-minded Nigerians alive today with superlative achievements to match their profile.

ACN without Fashola (the poster boy) would probably be no different from the myriad of parties vying for power out in that field called Nigeria.

Gbawe:

Thank you my brother !!!! Believe me, their false blanket condemnation of the ACN is motivated by something more vile. The OP had the nerve to mention Ajimobi . That was what got me mad . This is a great man with a fantastic professional resume. Yet he is now casually slandered by those not even willing to let facts get in the way of their disgusting utterances. The sad thing is that non-Nigerians reading nairaland would actually think ACN politicians are thugs from the nonsensical utterances that is now the norm here !!!!! They would not know that the ACN is called a "progressive" Party because , literally, it is home to some of the most progressive-minded Nigerians alive today with superlative achievements to match their profile.

In fact, the reason why I find myself re-acting to some empty responses on this forum is to provide a balance especially as some unsuspecting people, locally and internationally, may be misled about the actual situation in Nigeria. This applies to politics as well as to tribal issues.

There's nothing wrong in promoting your political party but there's everything wrong in putting others down based on falsehood. This is not politics, it is falsehood and deceit. It is in the way that I see nothing wrong in those who want to promote their tribes but why call other tribes unprintable names in order to make yours look better? It is a curious way of behaving if you ask me.

Whatever people want to write, they should consider the fact that it may be read by thousands of people, even years after it was written. At this rate, may be a watermark of 'Post Responsibly' should be put across each page on Nairaland.

Kobojunkie:

ACN without Fashola (the poster boy) would probably be no different from the myriad of parties vying for power out in that field called Nigeria.

Whether ACN is different to others or not is not the issue here. The substantive issue is about crass and outrightly false generalisations dumbing down this forum. I don't know how , for example, an "insane" man or "area boy" can achieve all that Ajimobi and Adeola did.

Bunch of area boys. From their leader Tinubu, Lai Muhamed, Aregbesola, Rejected and former PDP criminals Amusun, Ajumobi, Achike Udenwa, terrorist Udoedeghe etc. The only sane guy in the group is Fashola.

lmao

ACN apologists and their cry baby mentality. Instructively, I don't see PDP apologist complaining of similar treatment.
Man up, guys!

ACN without Fashola?
Like Yaba Left without doctors and potent injections.

Pukkah:

In fact, the reason why I find myself re-acting to some empty responses on this forum is to provide a balance especially as some unsuspecting people, locally and internationally, may be misled about the actual situation in Nigeria.  This applies to politics as well as to tribal issues.

There's nothing wrong in promoting your political party but there's everything wrong in putting others down based on falsehood. This is not politics, it is falsehood and deceit. It is in the way that I see nothing wrong in those who want to promote their tribes but why call other tribes unprintable names in order to make yours look better? It is a curious way of behaving if you ask me.

Whatever people want to write, they should consider the fact that it may be read by thousands of people, even years after it was written.  At this rate, may be a watermark of 'Post Responsibly' should be put across each page on Nairaland.

That is how I see it too.

Beaf:

ACN without Fashola?
Like Yaba Left without doctors and potent injections.

Egbon mi razist, You still havent answered the question

[size=28pt]QUESTION: Why was our president Odechukwu Retardeen Going Joystick in Hand all over Australia begging for sex like a deprived drunk fisherman. [/size]

Imagine a zoo without a keeper?!
With thugs like Aregbesola freely slapping all comers and Tinubu's area boys pelting the Gani Fawehinmi's for daring to seek and order mandamus to investigate Tinubu's whereabouts between 1982 and 1989? More than that, to investigate his Toronto certificate!

Without the gentleman, Fashola, ACN would be a veritable madhouse where thugs roam freely, abuse bystanders and commentators, and lynch babies.

Just imagine a legal al qaeda!

Beaf:

Imagine a zoo without a keeper?!

The supposed zookeeper is in Australia harrasing waitresses all over the hotels

Isnt it a Shame that a whole president Odechukwu retardeen Jonathan the drunk fisherman who was described as having the appearance of a crackhead blink blink rapper went to far away Australia to molest women all over

Imagine ACN without Fashola? No!
Who wants a party where the leader cannot even prove his identity?
Nobody knows his real name, who his father is, what schools he attended. . . Even if he has been in jail!

[size=33pt]No![/size]

From what I know, ACN party without Fashola is a toothless and clawless tiger.

On a serious Note, our country will see a brighter light if citizens are smart enough to recognize the importance of people that share the same qualities as Governor Fashola around the country.
Fashola, not a perfect leader, but yet still represents a strong and promising figure in this country. A great example not only for the future to emulate, but also for the current/old enemies of progress to follow.

We need to be smarter and pay more attention to the history of this great country.
Without any doubt on my mind, I certainly believe that the sooner we disregard and denounce criminal leaders like Obasanjo, Tinubu, Gbenga Daniel, Goodluck Jonathan and others, the sooner this country will move forward and become greater in every way.

We must emulate and embrace excellent leaders and cage criminals that call themselves leaders.

Governor Fashola is a leader all Nigerians should support regardless of the party we may belong to.

Depilot:

Governor Fashola is a leader all Nigerians should support regardless of the party we may belong to.

If he renounces his thieving partners, perhaps then we can begin to see him in a different light. The laws somethings is wont to associate a thief and his accomplices. For aiding and abetting Tinubu criminal ventures, I see no difference between both of them - Fashola and tinubu are both thieves, and do not deserve our sympathy, let alone support!

Egbon mi razist, You still havent answered the question

[size=28pt]QUESTION: Why was our president Odechukwu Retardeen Going Joystick in Hand all over Australia begging for sex like a deprived drunk fisherman. [/size]

PointB:
I totally understand your point, in fact, I agree with you.
But we must get familiar with the history of these two individuals and understand that Fashola is in a very fragile and tough position. With confidence I believe Fashola will get his freedom in a very short time.

One man can not continue to stop the rain forever, it is a matter of time and the Flood gate with experience a downpour that can not be stopped.

Tinubu will fall very soon.

Depilot:

PointB:
I totally understand your point, in fact, I agree with you.
But we must get familiar with the history of these two individuals and understand that Fashola is in a very fragile and tough position. With confidence I believe Fashola will get his freedom in a very short time.

One man can not continue to stop the rain forever, it is a matter of time and the Flood gate with experience a downpour that can not be stopped.

Tinubu will fall very soon.

What kind of [b]confidence [/b]does it a man like need Fashola to renounce evil, ask Lagosians for forgiveness and understanding? If you ask me, I'll say fashola is in cahoot with Tinubu. They are in the same boat - Fashola is the human face of a rascally thief - a smokescreen. He's had enough time and goodwill to make his stand.

Nigerian politics is a cult of corrupt and backward minds with the main purpose of enslaving the common man.Corruption is their core tenet,in one way or the other,they all agreed to be corrupt and backward in different degrees and to ever remain loyal to the cult.

For fashola to stand behind tinubu and knowing fully well as a suppose reasonable person that tinubu is a prolific criminal is a testimony to the loyal of the cult creed to support evil at all cost.To be a gentleman and at the same time a criminal.

Or is tinubu blackmailing him in a case of if i go down,you go down too?

@Poster
This is harsh but not too far from the truth.
There were rumours that Ayo Salami delivered Ekiti and Osun to ACN.

But obviously, Fashola's performance (not Tinubu) delivered Lagos, Oyo & Ogun.
So far, Oyo, Ogun, Ekiti & Osun are not doing any better than their PDP counterparts
in Rivers, Enugu, Jigawa etc.

So, ACN could be worse than PDP without the Fashola effect.

redsun:

Nigerian politics is a cult of corrupt and backward minds with the main purpose of enslaving the common man.Corruption is their core tenet,in one way or the other,they all agreed to be corrupt and backward in different degrees and to ever remain loyal to the cult.

For fashola to stand behind tinubu and knowing fully well as a suppose reasonable person that tinubu is a prolific criminal is a testimony to the loyal of the cult creed to support evil at all cost.To be a gentleman and at the same time a criminal.

Or is tinubu blackmailing him in a case of if i go down,you go down too?

That is more like it. And if fasola does not cut his loss sooner than later, he may not have any shred of credibility to protect. Time waits for no man!

They commit themselves unconsciously,having no second thoughts of their actions,forgetting that certain things they do are technically and ethically dangerous.

All people need to do is demand answers and chicken yanshes will open wide.Accountability.

Do nigerian politicians really think they will get away with their atrocities of mismanaging the people resources?

@Goddex, Beaf
People like Goddex and Beaf are clowns

Beaf has consistently shown himself to be empty sycophant, ever ready to back his ultimate master: Retardeen.

Without Fashola, this would have been the daily occurence in ACN:

. . .[size=14pt]hundreds of aggrieved members of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN[/size], yesterday,  stormed the party secretariat in Ogba, Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, and took to the major streets in Isolo Local Government Area to protest alleged imposition of candidates.
. . .
women and men, including traditional cult, popularly known as “Osugbo” [size=14pt]trooped to the streets to invoke evil spirits at a junction called “Orita Esu” (devil’s junction)[/size] in Isolo with various placards to show their grievances against the imposition of one Shamsudeen Olaleye, against the popular choice of Mojeed Adam as the party’s candidate for the coming council poll.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/09/council-poll-protest-rocks-lagos-over-%E2%80%98imposition-of-candidates%E2%80%99/

No!

Duh!
ACN is a party of thugs, of course, and its online supporters are cyber thugs indeed.
Only thugs will allow a drug trafficker and money launderer (Tinubu) lord over them

Beaf:

Without Fashola, this would have been the daily occurence in ACN:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/09/council-poll-protest-rocks-lagos-over-%E2%80%98imposition-of-candidates%E2%80%99/

No!

What of PDP?

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/28782-lagos-council-poll-pdp-aspirants-protest-imposition-of-candidates

Lagos council poll: PDP aspirants protest imposition of candidates

Ahead of the forthcoming elections into local government and local council development areas, aspirants in the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are protesting alleged plans to impose candidates on the party

To ventilate their anger, some of the aspirants, on Monday, protested plans by some forces within the party to impose candidates, especially in Alimosho Local Government Area and its five other LCDAs.

Party members, numbering over 500, carried placards with various inscriptions, urging the PDP leadership in the local government and the state to allow direct primaries to pick their preferred candidates.

Specifically, they accused the local government chapter of the party of showing preference for non-members at the expense of members, with the protesting members stating that they would vote against the party if transparency was not observed in the process of picking candidates.

Speaking on behalf of others, a chairmanship aspirant for Agbado-Oke-Odo LCDA, Alhaja Tawa Oyebamiji-Bakare, said the leadership of the party in the local government had decided to flout PDP’s rules on selection of candidates, by hand picking standard-bearers.

Also, non-indigenes, on Monday, protested attempts by some highly placed leaders to exclude them and their candidates from participating in the forthcoming polls.