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2027 - 2035 : Governor, Ogun State

2023 - 2027 : Senator Ogun West

2015 - 2023 : Senator Lagos West

2011 - 2015 : House of Representatives., Alimosho

2003 - 2011 : LSHA, Alimosho II

• Instrumental to the enactment of the law that strengthened the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service

• Instrumental to the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act and the Public Procurement Act of Lagos State.

Ex-Accountant, The Guardian Newspaper

Ex-Snr Auditor, Olatunji Omoyeni & Co

Ex-Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts.

Ex-Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Content.

Ex-Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance

Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation.

Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria

https://www.titopeblog.com/2026/04/he-controlled-billions-in-lagos-now-hes.html

Lukuluku69
SlavaUkraini
Mynd44
Seun
Nlfpmod
Lalasticlala

I don't know much about him, but how did he served as a senator for two different states, is it possible

These are the type of business-as-usual career politicians Ogun state could do without! I’ve not checked, but i’d wager my house on him being another Tinubu boy!

IGBOPROMISE1:
These are the type of business-as-usual career politicians Ogun state could do without! I’ve not checked, but i’d wager my house on him being another Tinubu boy!

I've checked for you.

To the core !

BrickandLace:
I've checked for you.

To the core !

Cheers!👍

So someone that is not from lagos can become a senator in lagos
Interesting

That's why he would be rejected

Those who are forcing him should tell us what he achieved since he has been in politics

Someone can't represent Lagos state for over 2 decades and suddenly remember about Ogun state. That rubbish will never be accepted

Imagine Yayi's supporters listing his achievements for decades he has been representing Lagos state, he started representing Ogun state just in 2023 but the majority of his acclaimed achievements are in Ogun state. As How now

Does that mean if Yayi is elected as Ogun state governor, his major projects would be in Nasarawa state?

https://www.nairaland.com/8653603/solomon-yayis-supporters-should-tell#139097122

Someone should please make it logically sensible to me how Yayi with his profile above which indicated he served and represented Lagos state for over over 2 decades but Ogun state is the state suitable for him to be the governor

Why can't he be the governor of the state he represented for decades

UzorIyke:
I don't know much about him, but how did he served as a senator for two different states, is it possible

because states are artificial creations and in the process of creating states, certain communities were split up such that people have ancestry in both states. Colonial Lagos was a very small area limited to Lagos island, ijora, etc. 93% of the land that is Lagos state today is made of up by annexing areas from the Egbas, the Ijebus and the Aworis. For example, Epe was a satelite town and "port" ancestrally under the domain of the Awujale of Ijebu before the creation of Lagos state and still exercises ownership and control over portions of Epe land despite Epe now being in Lagos state and Ijebu being in Ogun. Lekki eastwards towards Epe and beyond are Ijebu people, so also ikorodu. In Yayi's case, sections of Awori land was carved out of the western region such that you have |Aworis in Lagos and Ogun.

Another common occurrence is when ancient families had large land holdings outside their village of "main origin". What tended to happen is recognizing the family ownership of the land, a member of that family is appointed by the traditional ruler as the baale of that land/community. Now you have a family that has ancestry from 2 separate areas that may eventually fall into 2 different local governments, senatorial zones or states.

As for Yayi, I expect him to be a disaster or at best mediocre. To me he is just a level above Ade Dancer!

Yayi nii joor

casualobserver:
because states are artificial creations and in the process of creating states, certain communities were split up such that people have ancestry in both states. Colonial Lagos was a very small area limited to Lagos island, ijora, etc. 93% of the land that is Lagos state today is made of up by annexing areas from the Egbas, the Ijebus and the Aworis. For example, Epe was a satelite town and "port" ancestrally under the domain of the Awujale of Ijebu before the creation of Lagos state and still exercises ownership and control over portions of Epe land despite Epe now being in Lagos state and Ijebu being in Ogun. Lekki eastwards towards Epe and beyond are Ijebu people, so also ikorodu. In Yayi's case, sections of Awori land was carved out of the western region such that you have |Aworis in Lagos and Ogun.

Another common occurrence is when ancient families had large land holdings outside their village of "main origin". What tended to happen is recognizing the family ownership of the land, a member of that family is appointed by the traditional ruler as the baale of that land/community. Now you have a family that has ancestry from 2 separate areas that may eventually fall into 2 different local governments, senatorial zones or states.

As for Yayi, I expect him to be a disaster or at best mediocre. To me he is just a level above Ade Dancer!

Ahhh arhhhhh arrrrhhhhhhhhh, another disaster

The Ugly face of one of the problems we currently have in Nigeria today.

helinues:
That's why he would be rejected

Those who are forcing him should tell us what he achieved since he has been in politics

Someone can't represent Lagos state for over 2 decades and suddenly remember about Ogun state. That rubbish will never be accepted

But you aren't from Ogun state now, why the everyday outcry about Yayi?

casualobserver:
because states are artificial creations and in the process of creating states, certain communities were split up such that people have ancestry in both states. Colonial Lagos was a very small area limited to Lagos island, ijora, etc. 93% of the land that is Lagos state today is made of up by annexing areas from the Egbas, the Ijebus and the Aworis. For example, Epe was a satelite town and "port" ancestrally under the domain of the Awujale of Ijebu before the creation of Lagos state and still exercises ownership and control over portions of Epe land despite Epe now being in Lagos state and Ijebu being in Ogun. Lekki eastwards towards Epe and beyond are Ijebu people, so also ikorodu. In Yayi's case, sections of Awori land was carved out of the western region such that you have |Aworis in Lagos and Ogun.

Another common occurrence is when ancient families had large land holdings outside their village of "main origin". What tended to happen is recognizing the family ownership of the land, a member of that family is appointed by the traditional ruler as the baale of that land/community. Now you have a family that has ancestry from 2 separate areas that may eventually fall into 2 different local governments, senatorial zones or states.

As for Yayi, I expect him to be a disaster or at best mediocre. To me he is just a level above Ade Dancer!

Thank you very much.

helinues:
That's why he would be rejected

Those who are forcing him should tell us what he achieved since he has been in politics

Someone can't represent Lagos state for over 2 decades and suddenly remember about Ogun state. That rubbish will never be accepted

😂😂😂
What goes around comes around
You wan reject anointed candidate?

Tinubu Lagos boys have been ruling states like Osun, Ekiti. Ogun to follow soon

I said it. Those people who supported APC initially will experience what others experienced. Their positions will be taken and given to others who didn't sacrifice.

IGBOPROMISE1:
These are the type of business-as-usual career politicians Ogun state could do without! I’ve not checked, but i’d wager my house on him being another Tinubu boy!

Probably that your Lego House that Ofunaofu built for u?

Sorry financial & betting institutions in The Federal Republic of Nigeria, don’t accept toys as collateral for a wager.

gammarays:
😂😂😂
What goes around comes around
You wan reject anointed candidate?

Tinubu Lagos boys have been ruling states like Osun, Ekiti. Ogun to follow soon

I said it. Those people who supported APC initially will experience what others experienced. Their positions will be taken and given to others who didn't sacrifice.

Chai, see incoherent wailing for the sacrificer .

Godswillu:
So someone that is not from lagos can become a senator in lagos
Interesting

Is Senator Ireti Kingibe an indigene of FCT?

A Generation of Lootocrats!

Politics of baba sope

gammarays:
😂😂😂
What goes around comes around
You wan reject anointed candidate?

Tinubu Lagos boys have been ruling states like Osun, Ekiti. Ogun to follow soon

I said it. Those people who supported APC initially will experience what others experienced. Their positions will be taken and given to others who didn't sacrifice.

Keep your cho cho cho to yourself. This shouldn't be your business

casualobserver:
because states are artificial creations and in the process of creating states, certain communities were split up such that people have ancestry in both states. Colonial Lagos was a very small area limited to Lagos island, ijora, etc. 93% of the land that is Lagos state today is made of up by annexing areas from the Egbas, the Ijebus and the Aworis. For example, Epe was a satelite town and "port" ancestrally under the domain of the Awujale of Ijebu before the creation of Lagos state and still exercises ownership and control over portions of Epe land despite Epe now being in Lagos state and Ijebu being in Ogun. Lekki eastwards towards Epe and beyond are Ijebu people, so also ikorodu. In Yayi's case, sections of Awori land was carved out of the western region such that you have |Aworis in Lagos and Ogun.

Another common occurrence is when ancient families had large land holdings outside their village of "main origin". What tended to happen is recognizing the family ownership of the land, a member of that family is appointed by the traditional ruler as the baale of that land/community. Now you have a family that has ancestry from 2 separate areas that may eventually fall into 2 different local governments, senatorial zones or states.

As for Yayi, I expect him to be a disaster or at best mediocre. To me he is just a level above Ade Dancer!

If he was eligible to contest as senator of both states, can he also contest as governor of Lagos in coming years?

Usmanovic95:
If he was eligible to contest as senator of both states, can he also contest as governor of Lagos in coming years?

That’s an interesting question. For sure, nothing stops him from being a governor in 2 states…..so long as it is 1 term in each state. However, I just had a quick glance at the constitution and from the little I read, there might be a loophole in the constitution.

I think the language is ambiguous. What exactly are the definitions of “a state” and in 182(1) and “such office” in 182(1)b? Does “a state” mean a particular state or any state?


In any event it is very unlikely to happen.

24 years as a politician and still counting. I can place a bet that whatever money he has, a large percentage came from government purse.

He lived all his life on government patronage so how did he control billions ? He was as never an entrepreneur or worked at executive level in a blue chip company , he lived a cozy life on the common patrimony just like most Nigerian politicians

TITOPE:
2027 - 2035 : Governor, Ogun State

2023 - 2027 : Senator Ogun West

2015 - 2023 : Senator Lagos West

2011 - 2015 : House of Representatives., Alimosho

2003 - 2011 : LSHA, Alimosho II

• Instrumental to the enactment of the law that strengthened the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service

• Instrumental to the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act and the Public Procurement Act of Lagos State.

Ex-Accountant, The Guardian Newspaper

Ex-Snr Auditor, Olatunji Omoyeni & Co

Ex-Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts.

Ex-Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Content.

Ex-Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance

Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation.

Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria

https://www.titopeblog.com/2026/04/he-controlled-billions-in-lagos-now-hes.html

Lukuluku69
SlavaUkraini
Mynd44
Seun
Nlfpmod
Lalasticlala

Yayi is indigene of Lagos
But it is Awori turn to produce Ogun State Governor and he is their most qualified person.

In Yorubaland it is not a Problem

UzorIyke:
I don't know much about him, but how did he served as a senator for two different states, is it possible

Because he is from a tribe (out of the Yoruba ethnic group) found in both Lagos and Ogun state. We are our tribe 1st before state lines which was created by the military government.
When he contested for senate in Ogun state, a lots of Lagos kings (Obas), including the late king of my town, went with him to Ogun state to campaign.

Christistruth00:
Yayi is indigene of Lagos
But it is Awori turn to produce Ogun State Governor and he is their most qualified person.

In Yorubaland it is not a Problem

is Yayi originally from Awori?

Is he from from Ogun West?

Forkthiefnubu:
He lived all his life on government patronage so how did he control billions ? He was as never an entrepreneur or worked at executive level in a blue chip company , he lived a cozy life on the common patrimony just like most Nigerian politicians

There are many of them like this. Yayi, Wike, Rotimi Amaechi, Gbajabiamila etc.

Since 1999 these characters have been leeching on government money / public funds in one way or the other, without any evidence of having succeeded at anything in a private capacity.

Even if through something illegal like the tinibu that was a drug lord before politics, I'll even take that. At least he achieved something and made money via private scheming and hustle. Not all these lazy parasites who were nonentities and have refused to remove their rotten mouths from the feeding bottle of public funds.