 Good morning and welcome once again to the breakfast here on PLOS TV Africa. Our next conversation is coming down here to Lagos and we're going to be having reactions from the local government elections that took place last week Saturday. This morning I'm speaking with Adid Dayo Adishoy who was the candidate for Chairman Amoud of the local government area in the elections. Good morning and thanks for joining us Mr Adishoy. Good morning my brother. It's a pleasure. Yeah thanks very much. I want us to of course you know have a conversation with regards you know your reaction to the elections on Saturday. There is many points that have been made you know with vortiapathy you know and some of all of that. There was also conversations on Regan or rather allegations of Regan that were made. But let's start with you know the process itself. For you what were your biggest challenges? Yeah I will be very brief and precise. We had a stakeholder meeting with the Lasek boss at Alimo show and she made us realize that the process new process will be followed. That is at the pool unit the results were meant to be announced. There is from there they moved to the work relations center where the results for the councilorship will be announced. With the figures for the chairmanship noted at the final position center which went to the local government council where all results from all the worst, seven was to be taken and correlated or reconciled before the final announcement will be made. So I'm surprised just before the election ended some Lasek officials the PC, PC meaning polling clerk, the presiding officer and the presiding officer SPO. Really some of them if not because some of our agents were strong they forced them to announce results in some of the pooling units. They raised it to them the way straight to the local government bridging the procedure from going to the work relations center. All the work relations center our agents were there they found nobody. There were some heroes beside making calls and they found that they already moved the ballot boxes from all the pooling units straight to the local government which is a bridging procedure and the local government secretariat our agents were driven out. They were forced out by talks. The local government secretariat is a sacred ground for all and more the few residents. On that day in the presence of the police officers talks, use marchettes, use roads, use guns they shot at our agents as supervisors. Where exactly did this happen? Inside the local government secretariat inside the local government secretariat that is meant to be a sacred ground. The election was mad with my practices, election rigging, the snatching of ballot boxes, attack on our special duties agents who were going around and security operatives were put on ground to ensure that when they had a problem all spots they could quickly go in to intervene. We have evidence, it was some POPC in their bags having ballot boxes. So we asked how many ballot boxes and ballot papers I was told to have. We found out that some of these officials had ballot papers in their bags but they hoped they would go and change the figures and complete them. I want to say that the amount of people who are residents, the amount of people who came all out not minding any party but looking for the right candidates to change the amount of it and start at the dial, at the milala, at the train is the candidate they've chosen. They voted for me and I know where we should go to follow due procedure. The tribunal is there who follow the due process to ensure that our mandate, the mandate of the amount of residents are not denied. Although the initial results I want to call it the tentative results, the food results, the cooked up results. Even to the extent that the connection officers who are meant to be at the work centers to gather results were changing figures, mutilating the sheets. It's so embarrassing that at this age and time people have lost party in human dignity. I want to say thank you for this opportunity and ask him some of these questions. I did have what I have to brief. If you have any questions, I'll answer them. So the elections were, we're going to get into detail some of the things that you mentioned, but the elections were seen and reported as very peaceful. The only major challenge that was stated was really voter apathy and the fact that a lot of people didn't show up to vote. So you're saying that there was violence and there was guns and cut losses and the likes. How come none of this was reported? And we didn't get to see any of this in the news stories that were made, even from Amor Duffy. And then second, what evidence are you speaking about that you have? Thank you very much. You know, your bullets, your jokers are with you. I want to let you know that even if you take an investigative measure to vote on Amor Duffy. Even yesterday, the residents of Amor Duffy came all out to protest, to hear their grievance. It has never been Amor Duffy, in the history of Amor Duffy, when talks came into the sacred ground, the local government secretary. The local government secretary is for all, is for all. Whether partisan, it is one of the religious background, it is one of the gender and color, the local government secretary is for all. But to our surprise, our agents were chased down with guns. In presence of the police, who are standing there, I want to commend the GSS, the GSS from the Lakers Command, they intervened. And then they came in, determined at the door, but they tried to salvage it. But you know, we didn't let our, that our agents were allowed into the secretariat. We're still able to also discover some of their practices. Because when you lie, you have to lie to other people, and try to cover that lie. Unfortunately, it was, it became a mess, it became a mess. Even during the announcement, they made lots of mistakes, terrible mistakes. And I want to let you know, as from the Amor Duffy people, home around an authentic extent of violence, force, I'm telling you, illegal boys, thugs, it's, it's economic assault. Is there any, is there video clips that were taken at this time that can show, that can be presented, you know, either to media or to the court? Yeah, there are lots of clips. Not to me, is there, there are lots of clips. That's even as I speak, Amor Duffy, if you give them a link, they will bombard you, your, your station, the link with videos, residents have videos, residents have videos, pictures, agents who are shorter, and supervisors who are shorter. I'm telling you, it is, I'm making you imagine, it is the future we are looking for, a future for the youth, a future for the elderly, at this time and age, what people are thinking about to solve solutions, look for solutions. We have a few new talks, those are meant to be sent to schools, sent to technical authorities, trained on how to make their life better. That's what I have to say for now. Thank you for this. All right. Was I just going to say, what, what steps are you planning to take? You know, after, you know, of course, these things have happened, are you going to court? Is there going to be a, you know, are you approaching the tribe, you know? That's the procedure. When you want to deny the mandate of the people, you cannot do that. I can, I can cook, I can buy 20 cows for a garden, and my, my, my get to finish it, the people I buy to finish it. But in a community, cooks just two cows, not 20 cows, imagine, that is what the incumbent has done by what he did on that day. They are the community and among the people are now, you know, cooking the cow that he has to consume, because it is, that's not the point that people are going to be able to ask themselves. The way of the future, first of all, there used to be the London of Africa, among the people that used to be the beauty of Africa, and also the river ride. If we go to this place, you can share that these people are the human beings, is I think they are forgotten, is I think they are forgotten, and that's what I start to bring. The procedure is laid down by, like I said, if you're not happy or satisfied, you have to be happy. And that's the, who seek the, the line of justice, and I believe justice is in this country, and I stand by it, and I believe what I mean with those things, between Degada and Governor Akiriduwale, is what we, in other words, in a lot of it, all over the goes, it's your son, and those named them, the PDP state chairman, they are already guarding their evidences for them to fold their head to ensure that our man is out of about 50, 20 local governments, that is several else in the Middle East. We stand a chance on the Chakruna countries to get some of these local governments. We are not asking for all, we are not creating, we are not asking for all, but where justice is to prevail, where we want to, evidently, we will get, like one of these is a good example, Akiriduwale is not a good example, Akiriduwale is not a good example. If I continue to mention, because of time, I want to stop here. Thank you very much. Let's also talk about LASIK now. What's the response from them? If you say that there was violence in Amor Dofim, polling units, and people were attacked and ballot boxes were snatched, what's the response from LASIK itself? We've written the reports of how the election went in Amor Dofim to the LASIK was in the presence of retired SS Philips, which has been abolished, and in addition to that, I want to let you know, in case I forgot to mention it, some of the last two competitions were kidnapped for that day of the election. Four of them were kidnapped, that were meant to be at Ikuakiti police station, polling unit. Four of them were kidnapped. Talk about information, the call from one of the LASIK officials who called in and the security details attached to me went there to confirm and what they made there was a mess. They shot at people at that center, but my joy is that those four officials were freed. What I'm asking is because LASIK itself doesn't seem to be complaining about the way the elections were run in any of the local governments in Lagos. What do you expect? When people try to hide the truth, the video evidences that were reported yesterday, I was moved by what the residents were doing. To my surprise, I got calls from the LASIK center that there are people of color carrying out a peaceful protest. Even with the peaceful protest, some of the residents, because they seem as a leader, they have to call in, or what can I do to free them after the door of God will make the necessary contact, and four of them were released yesterday night around 7.30pm at the first area command for having a peaceful protest. I asked some questions, what procedures do you take? Even when we were doing a rally, we wrote to the commissioner of police, we wrote to the area commander, we wrote to the DPU, the DSS, the LASIK, we did all the necessary, but now the questions are asked, and I was giving a feedback that they wrote a letter informing the commissioner of police, informing the area commander, informing the DPU, informing the DSS of these that peace were running. I can mention the people who were kidnapped, but for security purposes, I want to stop here. Four of them were kidnapped, for time intervention, they have been released. You mentioned what you expect from people who want to hide the truth. Does that mean that LASIK itself, according to what you're saying, is hiding the fact that elections weren't peaceful in Amor Dofi, and there might have been some rigging and ballad box snatching? I want to let you know, this election wasn't an election between PDP and APC. It was an election between APC and the residents of Amor Dofi. In fact, the election moved away from party to the community against a party that has not performed, that has left Amor Dofi to impasse, come to Amor Dofi, do a video talk, and we need to share shares. With all the allocation coming to the local government, we need to ask questions. What could be wrong? What do we miss? Go to the override, you share shares. Go to Adosopa, you share shares. Maksu and Festak are assets that you don't need to maintain. What you can do, you ask yourself, is this where people came all over the world in 1977, Festak 77, to celebrate the African culture? We've traveled around the world, assets of this nature are maintained and made the tourism center. Today Festak and Amor Dofi, Maksu, are no longer tourism center, but places where people share shares and say we are moving out of this community. Thank you very much. What would your response be if the other political parties say that it was the PDP who brought thugs to these polling units because they saw that they couldn't win? What would your response be to that? Thank you very much. A house, even if I guess it's safe, can never stand. I can't stand talks to arm my agents. I can't stand talks to arm my supervisors. Even the military detainees that had with me would also give their own experience. And I'm a man of peace. And I've always followed the procedures, even before, during the election and after the election. And you need to do your investigation and get filers from the residents of Amor Dofi. It's a piece of this voice they are using. They're not leaving them in the right direction. The second generation, second republic, within, he just had four years, three months, and he performed wonders. I'm a beneficiary today. I went to public primary school, fourth and middle primary school, where, personally, I'm the president-general of Facebook Grammar School, my character and quality can speak for me. And if we don't, if we continue in this line, at PT, the coming generation, today I can speak anywhere in the world, anywhere in the world because I was privileged to have politicians in Yoruba, we call them Oshihu, but the current set of politicians we have in Yoruba called the Oshihu, I'm saying this because I've been to those boys, I've been to them for 30 years every day. Water, water, water planted, I'm just going to continue. I cry when I see our youth, Yoruba youth, chasing bosses, chasing Okada, chasing Mawa, that was not their dream for us. I keep on chasing someone, they want to gather them together. Is this a job we can hand over to your children? This is a job we are doing. Is it a job we can continue to help? Long life of prosperity? If we go to the UK, go to the US, you find that there are cities that have moved that both, that the foreigners have come to do the non-level work or skilled work, people that are skilled in their work, who are going to the UK, going to the US, will do their skilled work because they have moved around people at both, and that is my dream for our race. I'm not chivalristic, as many people as us, neither nature, we have nor God of it. I want them to also move a good forward and pray that this mandate, if by such an address of God, is given to be helpful with us, which is Sir Alidha Alishoy, Alitabuna. I'm one of you who will experience what they want to be. You will see, can this happen in our time, that will be the testimony. I'm not asking for a chance. I'm not asking for two times. I'm only asking for a chance to govern the mother of the people. I will see the difference. Then at that point, it's not there for the mother of the people, for people to ask if they want me or the federal level, because when the bridge falls between the federal level and the mother of the people, to say, this man let's finish what they are studying, for the federal level, this man is in need to serve on the higher capacity. Thank you and God bless. Just before we go, I think I can also quickly ask you with what you have planned for a mother of the and if we can get some clarity, the local government receives on average 150 to 250 million monthly. Where do you think a mother of the lacks proper funding or proper implementation of these funds? Thank you very much. Even without the federal location, if you have a leader who has a pragmatic approach to revenue generation without the federal location, remember, let God say so white under the regime of at their president, because of the creation of the LCD in addition to local government, they were denied funds, which later came to the good industry of legacy so white which internally generated revenue among the fees is placed. Like I mentioned, they liberated a dog, a mother of the people. We have lots of place to generate funds. When people see what you are doing, they will give us more. What I'm asking is, can you share with me one or two of these areas that funds can be generated? And of course, what do you feel the local government office should be responsible for with the funds that it generates and how those funds can be better used? Yeah, thank you very much. One, we have lots of commercial centers around us, commercial activities that are even willing to even do more. They are willing to do more if they see that presence, that presence of a leader who can lead them right. A good example, I like being practical, first time at Moscow, Austrian Station, we came into power in 2017. People never believed that things can change you, first time at Moscow. What was strong to action? I'm telling you, people from abroad, in the UK, in the US, even in Nigeria, they started working in money. What they saw, what they bought on board are personal money, personal contribution, and when they saw the programs they had, they were surprised. One of our approaches, the digital base, digital literacy, with the digital innovation, we're going to ensure that every data, every fund generated, every fund supplied from the federal would be judiciously utilized in terms of infrastructure and development, in terms of education, healthcare, those key areas, sectors are key. Is it the roles we are talking about? Is it the fact or words to generate? And I want to let you know that there are professionals in the world who are willing to sacrifice their time and money to give us their own respite of their committed responsibility, that committed responsibility to building a society. I think I want to stop here. Thank you. All right. Mr. Adishoye, we'll say thank you for your time this morning. We hope that you can, if possible, share some of those clips with us so we can build on that report and also look further into some of the allegations that you've made. And I'm talking about the clips now on the violence in a mode of injuring the elections on Saturday. Thugry, ballot box snatching and some of the things that you've mentioned. Unfortunately, we haven't seen any of it on all the other media platforms, not even on social media. But if you have some of those, it would be great that you share with us so that we can look further into it. But thank you very much for your time this morning. And we wish you an interesting day ahead. Thank you very much for this opportunity. The residents of Omoda will send you pictures. They will send you videos. Just tell us a link and it will be so surprised, not even me. The residents will write to me. They will be sending you videos, pictures, clips of women evidences, not even from me. Because this election is not my election. It is the election and the election for change. Thank you very much. And good morning. Good morning to you. All right, that was Aditya Dayo Aditya, the local government chairman candidate of the PDP. And that just concluded local government elections in Lagos State for Amor Doffing. We'll take a short break. When we come back, the breakfast continues.