The Honourable Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, withdrew from the Kosofe Federal Constituency House of Representatives race.
Arobieke Igboho, the first female and pioneer Executive Chairperson of Agboyi Ketu Lcda, whose residence area of Alapere, Kosofe was stormed by hundreds of her supporters who urged him to run, recently reversed her decision.
She initially agreed to their request and equally declared she would run for the seat.
She further consulted Agboyi Ketu, LCDA, LGA chapter of All Progresives Congress Executive and members.
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However, her failure to resign her current position according to the newly amended electoral law and little campaign push compared to when she ran in 2019 suggested she was fully in the race.
Another source privy to political developments in Progress told this medium that the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu, has advised her to stay in her job.
Furthermore, it was revealed that she did not participate in the last weekend screening for House of Representatives aspirants held in Abuja. Efforts to reach one of her aides, the Honourable Peter Bamisaye, on the recent developments were not successful.