THE TROJAN GENERAL IS BACK: Lagos and Nigeria Are in Safe Hands as Hon. Fatai Adekunle Ayoola Takes Command of PBAT-HAMZAT ICG
By McAnthony Anaelechukwu
When history calls for a strategist, the All Progressives Congress knows where to look. The party has once again entrusted its most critical battlefront to a tested General.
Hon. Fatai Adekunle Ayoola, the revered Bashorun, has been appointed Director General of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat Independent Campaign Group (PBAT-HAMZAT ICG) by the Lagos State Chapter of the APC.
I have followed this man for 10 years. In that decade, I have seen one constant: Bashorun Ayoola does not enter a battle he is not prepared to win.
As Executive Chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun LGA for 8 years, he redefined what grassroots governance should look like. Roads, schools, healthcare, youth empowerment — he built structures that outlived his tenure. The massive infrastructure Ajeromi-Ifelodun enjoys today is the foundation he laid. That is the Ayoola brand: build it right, build it to last.
Politically, he is a phenomenon. Since he became Chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun LGA, he has never lost an election. Not one. He engineered victories for the APC in the toughest terrain in Lagos. From councillorship to the House of Representatives seat, Bashorun delivered.
I remember the rerun election that produced Hon. Kolawole Taiwo as House of Reps member. While others saw impossibility, Bashorun saw strategy. He stood, he fought, and he delivered victory for the party. That is who he is — a Trojan who stands for the party in every season.
In 2023, he repeated the feat. When the APC needed Lagos to speak with one voice for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Bashorun Ayoola was at the forefront. Door to door. Street to street. Ward to ward. He mobilized, he organized, he delivered Lagos.
Today, the party has made no mistake. Appointing him DG of PBAT-HAMZAT ICG is appointing victory itself.
What does this mean for Lagos and Nigeria?
It means the independent campaign structure is now led by a man who understands three things: the grassroots, the numbers, and the mission.
He knows every street in Ajegunle, every ward in Lagos, and every voting bloc that matters. As for the numbers, he has a record of turning political strategy into electoral numbers.
The Mission is clear and simple, He is a Tinubu man through and through. PBAT’s victory is personal to him.
Bashorun Ayoola does not do half-measures. When he takes an assignment, he commits 100% of his intellect, network, and energy to it. That is why the APC is confident, and that is why Lagos and Nigeria are in safe hands.
To the opposition: A General has been appointed.
To the APC family: Victory has been organized.
To Lagosians and Nigerians: The man who delivered Ajeromi-Ifelodun, who delivered Lagos in 2023, is now saddled with delivering Nigeria again.
Congratulations, Bashorun Fatai Adekunle Ayoola.
The Trojan has returned to the battlefield. And we all know how that story ends.
