7Months After He Was Forced To Cancel “Victory Party”, Elemide Elected Ogun Speaker

Elemide Oludaisi, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) becomes the Speaker of the Ogun state House of Assembly seven months after he was forced to cancel a celebration in anticipation of clinching the same position.

Elemide was elected Speaker on Tuesday, January 23, 2023, immediately after the impeachment of Olakunle Oluomo.

This is seven months after Oluomo beat him to become the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly in June 2023.

Elemide, a ranking member of the House of Assembly, was all set to become the Speaker in June 2023- after securing bulk support from legislators elected on the bill of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to complement backing from some of his party men – before everything went to naught.

He was supposed to be elected as Speaker of the Ogun state House of Assembly on June 13, 2023, and put arrangements in his base for a grand celebration before an alleged strategic move by Governor Dapo Abiodun scuppered things.

Governor Abiodun who is vested with the constitutional role of proclaiming the new Ogun State House of Assembly opted to attend the inauguration of the National Assembly – and shifted that of the Ogun assembly by a week.

The development forced the cancelation of the victory party by Elemide and his men on D-Day and created room for vigorous political networking that enabled Oluomo ‘s election as the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly.

But seven (7) months down the line, Elemide is all set to hold his victory party – after using the same ploy that failed to get him the seat in 2023, with the addition of more stealth, to unseat Oluomo and become Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly.