Lagos 2027: Rhodes-Vivour vows to campaign in Yoruba
Lagos governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said he will conduct his campaign in Yoruba ahead of the 2027 governorship election. Rhodes-Vivour made this known during an interview on Arise TV on Thursday. He was responding to questions about his inability to speak Yoruba, an issue that featured prominently in […] Lagos 2027: Rhodes-Vivour vows…
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Lagos State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has claimed that his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, Obafemi Hamzat, must be disqualified from the race due to his allegiance to a foreign nation. Rhodes-Vivour made this claim during an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show.
He clarified that there is a misunderstanding surrounding the dual citizenship issue involving Hamzat. Rhodes-Vivour explained that being born with dual citizenship is not the same as obtaining it as an adult, as adults must take an oath of allegiance to a foreign nation. He emphasized that the constitution states that candidates with such an oath should be disqualified.
Rhodes-Vivour clarified that a child born in a foreign country does not have to swear an oath of allegiance, unlike those who apply for citizenship later in life, which requires them to take an oath and participate in a ceremony that children born in the country do not have to go through.
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