The Name Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour came to fore at the 2019 Election when he contested for the Senatorial Seat in Lagos Central under the opposition Party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Fast forward to 2023, having lost the PDP Governorship Ticket to Olajide Adediran also known as Jandor, he cross carpeted to the Labour Party where he was given the Governorship ticket.

Lagos been the commercial hub of the country is a strategic state that determines the economic growth and development of the nation. It is also in the South West (Yoruba Stronghold) and former federal capital of the nation.

For a person coming from obscurity to prominence it is of great interest that the electorates understand the antecedents of the Governorship Candidate brought forward by the LP and what his interest stands for.

Below is a highlight of the background of Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour;

1) He had a good education having attended elite primary school beginning from Christland in Lagos, University in Nottingham and Paris, and later the University of Lagos.

2) He was born out of wedlock. His mother never married his father.

3) His mother is bitter after the experience she had with his father. She took Gbadebo away.

4) Gbadebo was fully adopted by his mother who hails from Anambra State.

5) Gbadebo’s other names are Chinedu, Ekweremadu and Okafor.

6) His wife, Nkechi hails from Abia State

7) Gbadebo is driven by hate against his father who did not accept him and by implication the Yoruba, the tribe of his father. He is blood bound with his mother and Igbo, his real identity.

8) Five Labour Candidates candidates were presented to Mr Peter Obi to lead Lagos. Obi insisted on Gbadebo Chinedu and rejected the other four, being all fully Yoruba from Lagos Island. The reason was because Chinedu who speaks Igbo fluently spent more of his life and identifies more with Anambra, the birthplace of Peter Obi.

9) Chinedu joined IPOB in 2016 in Onitsha and was the Deputy Commander for Anambra State between 2016 and 2017.

10) Chinedu held series of meetings with Nnamdi Kanu in London.

11) IPOB once said there won’t be elections in the SE. One of the reasons IPOB stopped the attacks in the East to allow the election to hold was the negotiation IPOB had with Obi that IPOB should produce the LP candidate in Lagos State. IPOB in turn gave massive votes to Obi in the South East.

12) Many IPOB members and Igbos transferred their PVCs to Lagos State to support Gbadebo. Some came from West Africa sub region to register in Lagos as voters. The Igbo hold constant secret meetings mobilising for Gbadebo.

13) At present, IPOB provides his covert security when he goes out to campaign apart from police escort.

With the antecedents of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, is he worthy to be Lagos Governor?

Does he have the wherewithal to lead a complex State like Lagos State?

An IPOB Apologist becoming Lagos State Governor is worrisome?

Should we allow a Terrorist, IPOB Apologists, A Man on a Revenge Mission, An Inexperience Person, Someone that Lacks Good Communication Skills, A Person whose integrity is questionable, A Person who do not have the interest of Lagosians at heart, A Serial Liar to become the Governor of Lagos State?

The Choice is Yours……..