Get Guardian on Google…Targets Over 260,000 Lagos Votes for Tinubu, Hamzat
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Lagos State chapter of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement has stepped up its grassroots mobilization drive with a royal courtesy visit to the Elegushi Palace in Eti-Osa Local Government Area for a royal blessing and the unveiling of a branded campaign vehicle for the council area.
Addressing journalists at the event, the State Secretary of the movement, Abdul Jelil Taiwo Olasupo (from Lagos Island Constituency II), said the delegation visited the palace to pay traditional homage, culturally known in Yorubaland as Ìkọsẹ̀, and seek royal blessings before taking its house-to-house voter sensitization campaign across Eti-Osa and the wider Lagos metropolis.
He commended the founder, High Chief Dr. Government Ekpemupolo (popularly known as Tompolo), National Coordinator Comrade Sunday Afolabi Asuku and the Eti-Osa leadership for organizing the outreach.
He urged residents across Lagos Central and the entire state to turn out en masse in 2027 to vote for the APC slate, including Senator Wasiu Sanni Eshilokun (Lagos Central), Fuad Atanda-Lawal (Eti-Osa Federal Constituency), Dr. Dolapo Badru (Lagos Island Constituency I), Prince Moshood Kayode Akiolu (Lagos Island Constituency II), alongside Lagos State House of Assembly hopefuls Princess Lara Oyekan-Olumegbon and Yunus Abiodun Bashorun.
Reflecting on the 2023 general elections, he vowed that the movement would deploy a structured, data-driven strategy spanning streets, Community Development Associations (CDAs), zones and local government areas to prevent any electoral setback in President Tinubu’s home state.
He credited the President for laying the foundation of modern Lagos, empowering traditional institutions and creating Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) to bring governance closer to the people.
“We are not boasting, and we are not promising millions of votes,” Oluwatomi emphasized.
“As one segment of the support group, we are making assurance that our data are correct. We are going to mobilize nothing less than 260,000 votes from PBAT Door-to-Door across the 13,325 polling units in Lagos State.”
The Lagos State Coordinator, Ambassador Amosu Kazeem Oluwatomi, explained that the movement, initiated by High Chief Dr. Government Ekpemupolo (popularly known as Tompolo), was established to galvanize grassroots support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second-term bid, Lagos State Deputy Governor Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat’s governorship ambition and all All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates across the state.
“As respectfully cultured Ọmọlúàbí, we cannot just come to the field and start doing door-to-door without consulting and paying homage to the elders,”
Oluwatomi stated. “We are here to tell them that their children are on the field to do the work of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our incoming governor Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat and all other candidates of the APC across board.”
In her remarks, the Eti-Osa Local Government Coordinator of the movement and former Sole Administrator of the council, Princess Abiodun Elegushi, reaffirmed the readiness of grassroots mobilizers to champion President Tinubu’s re-election.
She pointed to ongoing national reforms and improved security responses as clear evidence of the administration’s commitment to bettering Nigerians’ lives.
“We know that our father, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is going for a second term and all the reforms he has put in place have shown us that he means well for Nigeria,” Princess Anifalaje said. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has done a lot to improve the economic and political system of the country and that is enough for us to support him and give him our vote.”
