Two Dohertys, two parties, one Lagos governorship race

Two members of the historic Doherty family are seeking the Lagos governorship in 2027 through different political parties. Funso Doherty is running as the candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), while Adedeji “Deji” Doherty is the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The candidates share family roots traced back to Josiah Henryson Doherty, known as the “Prince Merchant of Alakoro.” While the two are members of the same extended family, Punch Nigeria reports that the precise degree of their relationship is not clearly established by publicly available biographical accounts. Funso's biography notes that his father, the late Dr. Henry Aderounmu Aremu Doherty, was born in Lagos in 1900 to J.H. Doherty.

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