Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who recently lost his mother who happened to be the leader of market women in the state has plans of making his daughter take over the vacant role.
PDP has asked Tinubu to revoke his decision to impose his daughter, Shade Tinubu-Ojo, as the new leader of market women in the state.
In a statement on Monday by the PDP Lagos Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, he urged him to allow democracy to prevail in the selection of a new leader.
“You should allow the simple tenets of democracy to prevail in the selection of a new leader for the market women, more so as there is no cogent evidence that the nominee is a full-time market woman,” the statement said.
The former governor had allegedly announced the choice during the eighth day Firdau prayer for his mother and former leader of Association of Market Women and Men of Nigeria, Alhaja Abibat Mogaji.
Tinubu who interrupted the prayer sessions to make the decree first told the market leaders that the house where Mogaji lived and died has been willed to the association.
Before the applause that followed could die down, he went on to say: “I also want to announce to you that the new Iyaloja of Lagos is Folashade Tinubu-ojo. We are in a new era. Besides, Mama was not older than her age when she became Iyaloja.”
By this time Sade was on her feet dancing with the father, and handing her envelopes filled with cash to distribute to the Alfas.
The statement said, “The former governor plans to confirm this choice to market leaders at a meeting he has summoned for Tuesday (today) at his residence.
“This new development portends great danger for our democracy and indeed Lagos’ integrity. We are thus calling on Governor Babatunde Fashola not to sit on the fence at this auspicious time.”
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