As activities heat up towards the elections in 2015, Tokunbo Philip Wahab Esq. has formally declared his intention to vie for the seat of governor in Lagos State. Wahab announced this as he picked up his form from the APC secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
Tokunbo Wahab popularly called TKW, like the current governor of the state, Mr Raji Fashola (SAN), has been a lawyer and politician for over 15 years with his career in politics starting as far back as 1993 during the famously annulled national elections.
“Ours shall be a government committed to empowering all citizens not just a few, giving everyone a fair chance of success to live to the fullest of their potential.” he said at the secretariat. A versatile and incisive legal practitioner, he has extensive experience in many areas of the legal practice.
According to his mandate, Tokunbo, amongsts other things intends to strengthen and deepen the peace and security while promoting aggressive infrastructure development spanning roads and power supply within the state.
#ThinkLagos…for a Tomorrow that Works! Eko o ni Baje o!
About Tokunbo Wahab:
Adetokunbo Philip Wahab was born on the 17th day of May, 1972 to the family of late Mr. & Mrs. Olugbenga Wahab of the Otuwunmi Ateshinmara Royal Dynasty of Ketu in Epe Local Government area of Lagos State. A man of very humble beginnings, Tokunbo had his primary and secondary school education in Epe. He attended the Army High School Epe. Whilst in Secondary School, he represented the Epe Division in debates even up to the State Level and in his final year at the Army High School, Tokunbo was the Senior Prefect again demonstrating leadership at a tender young age.
Tokunbo went on to study Mass Communications at the Ogun State Polytechnic and proceeded after concluding his Ordinary National Diploma (OND) to the University of Benin (Great UNIBEN) to Study Law. He is a graduate of Law from the University of Benin where he obtained a LL.B and was a Student Union Leader as well as President of the Law Students Association. In the heat of the June 12 Democracy Struggle, Tokunbo, as the UNIBEN Student Union Leader led numerous anti-military Government protests fighting to reclaim the MKO Abiola Hope-93 mandate. This brought him into serious confrontation with the Abacha- led Military Government, where he was physically assaulted in April 1994 and was thrown in to detention for weeks and months. This almost cost him his graduation from UNIBEN.
Tokunbo is a strong advocate of equity and justice and passionately hates injustice, a principle that has spurred him in providing countless pro-bono legal services to the poor and under-privileged right from his post-law school days. A service he has faithfully prosecuted even till date and earned his firm a Lagos State recognition award presented by His Excellency, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) during the Lagos Public Interest Law Partnership (LPILP) in April 2014.
A strong grassroots mobilizer, Tokunbo is a registered member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward Q1 from the Lagos East Senatorial District. He leaves his footprints in the sands of time where ever he has been privileged to associate, from his Epe homestead to Alimosho (his residency constituency of many years) and now in Ikeja.
Tokunbo Wahab is a listener, deep thinker, a role model, an ardent performer and change agent who is passionate about any course he pioneers. He is a philanthropist who is committed to the cause of the less privileged and thus has built and supported orphanages providing scholarships to indigent children. An ardent believer in the Christian faith and God’s covenanted promises, Tokunbo has single-handedly supported several missions and church building projects.
Tokunbo is married to Oluwatosin (nee Eso) and are together blessed with two lovely children, Omosijuade and Omofaderera.
It is on this humble pedigree of mine that I submit myself to serve Lagosians in the capacity of Governor on the APC platform at the forthcoming 2015 Elections. Haven been gifted by the Almighty God with the required Trust, Knowledge & Wisdom (TKW) that have earned me success in my private life, business and my community, I seek to replicate this success in the Progressive Governance of Lagos State. https://www.youtube.com/watch
#ThinkLagos…for a Tomorrow that Works! Eko o ni Baje o!
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