You wore school uniforms as a kid and most of you still wear your kids uniforms to school 👍🏿.
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I continue to thank all Nigerians, especially the youths and the Obidients, as they have remained focused on the core mission of a New Nigeria that is POssible even after the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
“I supported Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate, and hoped he would win, as polls predicted, but I was prepared to accept any result, because we had been assured that technology would guard the sanctity of votes …”
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There is a time for everything. A time to Grieve and a time to Heal.
A time to Laugh and a time to Dance. A time to Speak & A time for Silence.
Thank you to everyone out there for your love and that has held me down.
My next album TIMELESS is here, March 31st. Preorder in bio💚
Dear Lagosians,
In 1980, Alhaji Lateef Jakande started the construction of the then non-existent Lekki-Epe Expressway, to connect the Eastern axis of Lagos State by road to the rest of Lagos.
By December 1983, when Muhammadu Buhari & his band i of coupists struck, he had completed it to up to 53km, at Ibeju-Agbe town.
Buhari ordered a stop to ALL development works in Lagos State, including the Metro Rail Line Project that had already been paid for in full, & the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
Commodore Gbolahan Mudashiru, appointed Governor by Buhari, an indigene of Ikorodu, Lagos State, instead reduced the scope of the project to single carriageway and connected Ibeju-Lekki to Epe regardless.
In 2003/2004, Tinubu, from Iragbiji, in Osun State, signed the Lagos State PPP board. In 2006, he suddenly announced that LCC had "won" the concession for the Lekki-Epe Expressway, with no public or private bidding process, & the project was valued at ₦50b at the time.
He then also announced the transfer of 1500 hectares of prime, beach front land to Messrs ARM Ltd, gratis, as Lagos State's "contribution" to the funding of the Lekki-Epe Expressway "expansion" project. Lagos State was selling plots at Abijo Residential Scheme at the time at ₦5m per plot. The 22,500 plots at Lakowe would therefore cost about ₦67.5b, with a 40% discount off Abijo, just 10 minutes away.
Not long after, a $42m "mezzanine loan" was granted to LCC/ARM by LASG! Again, more state contribution to the ostensibly "private" project.
The concession agreement grants sweeping powers to LCC, & is reminiscent of colonial "protectorate" agreements in its letter and its spirit, but that was always the intention, as we have seen over time.
The Lakowe land was used as collateral for a $340m syndicated loan, provided in tranches of $85m each by UBA Capital (Elumelu - now you understand the "Prezzdential" visit), Stanbic IBTC, Standard Bank of South Africa and African Development Bank (years before Akinwunmi Adeshina).
Tolling began when construction barely reached km 6, and the construction remains UNCOMPLETED till date. 17 years under construction, for a dual carriageway that was at 53km within 3 years, FORTY YEARS AGO!
I keep hearing 4th Mainland Bridge, at almost ₦1 trillion as of 2019. With the devaluation of the ₦ since then, we're looking easily at over ₦1 trillion now, plus another 20 years to complete, based on their record on Lekki-Epe Expressway, plus 50 years tolling, and the near complete demolition of Ikorodu, Badore and parts of Lekki from behind the Lagos Business School.
If you still vote for APC in Lagos State after reading this, you deserve everything that will surely befall you if they win.
Postscript: At the height of Tolling of Lekki-Epe Expressway & Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, a certain individual was earning a fantastic sum running into hundreds of millions DAILY in CASH. Now you understand the kerfuffle surrounding the new notes.
You also understand the why of the #LekkiTollGateMassacre
Dear @GRVlagos, on behalf of my family, and the whole Obidient family, I wish you a Happy 40th Birthday. I wish you exceeding success in every area of your life. May your victory in the forthcoming gubernatorial polls,
I know we are busy with elections and all, but alright I'll need your attention.
I Visited this school at Ajegunle Yesterday Morit International, where the students Pay their Fees with Plastic bottles.
The students are tasked to bring 5 bottles a day to cover for school fees.
As we go about seeking redress for our stolen mandate, I plead with OBIdients to respect the sanctity of the Court premises and give our legal team the space and peaceful environment to carry out their duties.
Dear Lagosians and Fellow Etiosa Constituents!!!
I am not oblivious to all that has been going on lately on social media. I have seen the varying perspectives of many, knowing fully that as humans, we are all entitled to different opinions, I truly understand and respect them.
Omo, avoid Polygamy if you can o.
My grandma married 3 husbands.
Remembering that her corpse was stolen from the mortuary because of a disagreement between children cracks me up everytime.
If you are at least 30 & above, and lived in Lagos all your life (like I did), you will truly understand what GRV & co are saying.
Before 99, clean water was flowing in our taps. Remember water works?
Traveling from Epe to Ikeja & the rest was smooth & fast. Wetin be agbero?
On 25th February 2023, Nigerians trooped out en-masse to participate in what was promised and expected to be a free, fair and transparent Presidential and National Assembly elections. But in all things, we are enjoined to give thanks.
I have just finished addressing an international press conference. I urge Nigerians to remain resolute. We won this election and we will prove it to Nigerians. We shall reclaim our mandate via due process. Please do not despair! -PO
They underestimated the power of the people!!!
They said that we are only online that we are not grassroots!!
They didn’t realize that the suffering touch everybody!
Na all of us be grassroots now!!
Nigerians, the power will always be yours anytime you are ready to take it!!!