The far-reaching cocky demeanour of Hon. AbduBaq Oladimeji Balogun’s supporters has attained the twilight of public arrogance, which has emboldened their arrogant ignorance in the face of public empathy for their boss within the community of the All Progressives (APC}, in Ajegunle and Lagos State. If these tempestuous attitudes and unguarded vituperations of the LagFerry boss supporters are not curbed on time, they may lead to the continual political stigmatization of the man who has become a notable figure in the progress of APC in recent times, writes Fakunle Sheriff Ekundayo
When the rod is spared before a glaring excess of certain action or inaction over a period of time, it becomes a norm, and thus becomes legalized, whether directly or indirectly by the people within such a society.
The precedent of sparing the rod and spoiling the child is fast becoming a trending issue in the All Progressives Congress (APC) of Ajeromi-Ifelodun local government, and if the leadership continues to overlook such excesses, it will become a reference point for others to follow.
The leadership of APC in Ajeromi-Ifelodun local government, led by Asiwaju Rabiu Adio Oluwa, who is the Apex leader and member of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), and Chief Samuel Adegboyega Adeyemi, who is the LGA Party chairman, on August 20, 2025, ratified and upheld the resolution of the Disciplinary Committee of Alayabiagba Ward A, APC, on the need to suspend indefinitely, Hon. AbdulBaq Oladimeji Balogun from all activities of APC in the ward.
This incident may not be unrelated to the multiple allegations of anti-party activities leveled against the former Lagos lawmaker representing Ajeromi-Ifelodun Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
It would be recalled that the ticket of the APC candidate and now executive chairman, Hon. Akindipe Olalekan Olu in Ajeromi-Ifelodun was almost crushed by the activities of supporters of the LagFerry CEO, through a Court notice, among other despicable political activities geared towards undermining the party’s supremacy in Ajegunle.
Party supremacy for the umpteenth time is supreme; the leadership of Asiwaju Rabiu Adio Oluwa must not be made to be seen as rather feeble, ineffective, indecisive, and docile to allow the political precedent of a one-man army to change the political order in Ajeromi-Ifelodun local government?
What level of political indoctrination and political precedent will the leadership be said to have laid for others to follow in such a grandiose manner as Hon. AbdulBaq Ladi Balogun in Ajegunle?
Does that mean to say that the political stature of Asiwaju Rabiu Adio Oluwa does not hold water when some overbearing supporters of the LagFerry continue to insist that Hon. Ladi Balogun is their known preferred leader.
Why are Hon. Ladi Balogun’s supporters bent on polarizing the leadership structure in Ajeromi-Ifelodun local government? What happened to party supremacy??
Precedent must stand, and the APC leadership in Ajeromi-Ifelodun have taken their stance; it’s beholden on members of the party to move forward and concentrate on the next phase of the party’s activities.
The issue of 2027 is a collective effort for all party members going forward. Nobody has a monopoly on political manipulation with the use of the word ‘Mobilization’. The party leadership in Ajegunle has embarked on a series of mobilizations, and the executive chairman, Akindipe Olalekan Olu, has followed suit. Hon. Kalejaiye Adeboye Paul is mobilizing, and Hon. Sabur Akanbi Oluwa has put machinery in place for effective mobilization of residents to be registered at the ongoing Permanent Voter Registration (PVR} exercise.
The APC in Ajeromi-Ifelodun local government is not divisive to entertain unnecessary emotional political manipulation! Everybody can curry favour from the President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR. Party members must be made to discontinue their nauseating political manipulation of ‘ Pull-Down Syndrome’.
For those who are playing the victim card and trying to portray the decision of AJIF APAC leadership in bad light over Hon. Ladi Balogun suspension, should use their tongue to count their teeth. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. ‘Gbogbo wa l’omo Asiwaju!
It’s rather unfortunate that the APC in Ajeromi-Ifelodun have been dragged to the mud with such extravagant ambition of one man, he has made the party to wash her dirty linen in public, and which has directly and indirectly questioned the authenticity and temerity of the party leadership of Asiwaju Rabiu Adio Oluwa, now is the time for the Apex leader Lagos-West Senatorial District to demonstrate that he is in charge of the party in Ajegunle by not sparing the rod, or else, his inaction may become a political precedent that may lead to ‘Wild Wild West’ in Ajegunle!
Fakunle Sheriff Ekundayo is a Columnist, Author, Journalist, News reporter, Broadcaster, Publisher, Voice-over artist, and Community Development Advocate. He was the General Secretary for APC Lagos-West II at the 2023 Governorship and Presidential Campaign Council. He is currently the Chief Media Consultant {CMC} to Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government.
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