Thaddeus Attah, the Labor Party (LP) representative for Eti-Osa Federal Constituency in Lagos, has posted a photo of himself wearing a hat embroidered with symbols associated with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It was posted on the “X” page and caused a stir. ).
Mr. Attah, who was declared the winner of the February 2023 elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), received 24,075 votes, compared to Mr. Bankole Wellington of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), popularly known as Banky W, who received 18,666 votes. broke. Babajide Obanikoro of APC came third with 16,901 votes.
After Mr. Wellington’s victory, Mr. Wellington and Mr. Obanikoro challenged the election results in court. In September 2023, the court ordered additional voting in 32 voting units.
However, the Lagos Court of Appeal reversed the court’s decision in November 2023, recognizing Attah as the rightful winner.
Now, Attah’s recent posts have sparked curiosity and speculation among X users, many of whom are questioning his political allegiance.
The Savior Prince posted the image with the following caption: “Opposition Otiro, our Lagos Labor Party House of Representatives representative from Eti OSA Federal Constituency is wearing a Tinubu hat. Ileoooo.
“What is most heartbreaking is the sacrifice, time, resources, sweat, tears, and blood of the people that went into voluntarily electing these people.”
Another user wrote: “Obidients/Eluuuu-P in Lagos rejected a sane person like Banky-W because he is PDP and chose this Thaddeus Attah to represent Eti OSA federal constituency.
“Because Na Oga is wearing Tinubu’s hat.” Tiloniyen disagrees. This is completely wasted effort. ”
Nelson Josiah @NelsonJosiah8 wrote: What matters is not how far you go, but how well you do. ”
Donald Dumebi: Possibilities for a new Nigeria @DumebiDonald wrote: Like you said, he’s just an opportunist. He will play normal politics to retain his seat, but he will still not get the APC ticket and will revert to sympathetic calls for votes from Obedient. For me, voting from now on will be candidate-based, not party-based. ”
