ADC Hails Rhodes-Vivour as Electorate's Champion Following Defection

The Lagos State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has praised Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the 2023 Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos, as a true advocate for the people.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos, ADC State Chairman George Ashiru expressed this view. 

NAN notes that Rhodes-Vivour officially left the LP to join the ADC on Saturday.

Ashiru welcomed the move, calling it a positive development and stating that the party is delighted to welcome the politician into its ranks.

Ashiru said: “GRV has shown himself to be a champion of the electorate, from when he was a young Lagos West Senatorial candidate in 2019 to being the Labour Party gubernatorial flag bearer in 2023.

“His joining the ADC as part of the coalition of Nigerians into ADC is a patriotic act. 

“We at ADC, the home of the Coalition of Nigeria’s patriots and long- suffering citizens ,warmly welcome him, and further extend our warm handshake to others like him and the electorate at large.” 

According to him, Rhodes-Vivour has led many  members of the Lagos LP extraction into ADC. 

He said that the party was forming a more formidable opposition and the credible alternative that would give Nigerians a better deal.

NAN