Politics

2027: I’ll Rather Focus On Business Than Align With Tinubu To Become Lagos Governor – Rhodes-Vivour

ByHafsoh Isiaq

PublishedSeptember 8, 2025

‎Lagos State 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has emphatically stated that he would not align with President Bola Tinubu to become the state governor come 2027.
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‎Instead, the governorship aspirant said he would direct his focus on his family and business.
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‎Rhodes-Vivour, who said this on Sunday, when he was responding to questions in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television, stressed that it would be a complete waste of time for him to do so.
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‎“I will rather go and focus on my business, my work, and my family. That [aligning with Tinubu] will be a complete waste of time.
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‎“The reason why we are in politics is to make the lives of Lagosians better; it is to restore Lagos to its old glory — glory that a lot of people might not really be familiar with in terms of the history of Lagos, and the greatness that Lagos once was,” he said.
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‎The politician further stated that any party that would not allow him to maximise the commonwealth of Lagos for the benefit of its people is a complete waste of time.
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‎According to him, Lagos would be better if the domination of what he termed as “agberocracry” was expunged.
‎Rhodes-Vivour, who recently defected from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, said his decision is to square up to the ruling party.
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‎He also said that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was aware of his decision to move to the ADC.
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‎When asked if he would run for the Lagos State governorship election in 2027 on the platform of the ADC, he said, “by God’s grace.”
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Hafsoh Isiaq

Hafsoh Isiaq is a graduate of Linguistics. An avid writer committed to creative, high-quality research and news reportage. She has considerable experience in writing and reporting across a variety of platforms including print and online.