On Friday, September 5, 2025, the political landscape in Alimosho Local Government Area, Nigeria’s most populous LGA with over 1.3 million residents, is heating up as the All Progressives Congress (APC) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) vie for dominance ahead of the 2027 elections, as reported by Vanguard and Punch (Web:0, Web:1). The battle, pitting APC heavyweights Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, former Deputy Governor Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, and Senator Idiat Adebule against ADC’s former Osun Governor Rauf Aregbesola, who recently defected from APC, underscores Alimosho’s role as a kingmaker, delivering 300,000+ votes for APC in 2023 (INEC). Aregbesola’s exit has weakened his influence, with APC replacing his loyalist, LG Chairman Jelili Sulaimon, suspended in 2024 for misconduct, with Tinubu ally Akinpelu Johnson (Web:0, Web:2).
Orelope-Adefulire, a Governance Advisory Council (GAC) member and Alimosho royal, has held meetings to mobilize for Tinubu’s re-election, while Obasa, rumored to eye the 2027 governorship, focuses on Lagos West as his base (Web:1, Web:3). ADC’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the 2023 LP candidate, joined the party with Obi’s approval, vowing to end “one-man control” of Lagos (Web:1, Web:4). Aregbesola’s August 2025 membership drive in Kosofe was disrupted by suspected APC thugs, injuring members and drawing accusations of terrorism, which APC’s Seye Oladejo denied as “baseless” (Web:0, Web:5). X posts from @ADC_Nigeria (September 5, 2025) condemned the violence, while @LagosAPC dismissed it as internal opposition rifts (Post:3). With 68% of Alimosho voters prioritizing security (NBS, 2025), the struggle for this pivotal LGA will shape Lagos’s 2027 outcome (Web:2).
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