Bamigboye wades into leadership crisis at Ladipo auto parts market

Directs all parties be included in electoral process

Chairman of Mushin Local Council in Lagos State, Emmanuel Bamgboye, has directed the committee in charge of elections at the popular Aguiyi-Ironsi Spare Parts Market in the Ladipo area of Mushin to allow traders with both the old and new identity cards to operate in the market.

He also ordered that the new amendments made to the constitution by the incumbent chairman of the market association should be immediately reversed. Bamgboye gave the directives to resolve the leadership crisis rocking the market.

The directives followed a meeting with the Chairman, Management of Mushin Local Council and key stakeholders with the executive council members of the market where all the aggrieved parties tabled their grievances.

The meeting was held on September 24, 2024 in the office of the chairman, where Bamgboye directed the leaders and members of various groups in the market in preparation for the coming election of the market executives to embrace peace.

Bamigboye, after listening to their submissions, and other deliberations at the meeting, directed that the constitution should be amended to allow the tenure of the executives to last for at least three years to replace the two-year term currently being used in running the affairs of the association.

He said that Lagos indigenes should be included among the executives of the market association and that the council has to go through the constitution for clarity and make it understandable to everyone in the market.

The chairman also directed that the names of all the contestants and members nominated by different groups and parties to serve in the electoral commission should be submitted to the appropriate authority, adding that the electoral process should include “shop-to-shop enumeration for the election.”

However, all the parties at the meeting, including the stakeholders, agreed to abide and follow the directives to have a peaceful election and transition of powers to new executives.