In the early hours of Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Eagle Square venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention, National Youth Leader aspirant, Dada Olusegun, took to the podium for an important announcement.

Urged on to put himself together by Aviation Minister and jovial event compere Hadi Sirika, Segun got hold of the microphone.

Seconds passed.

And then he found the words. And his voice.

“My name is Dada Olusegun. I hereby…” he stuttered, while fighting back tears. “I hereby withdraw from nomination for office of National Youth Leader of our great party. Thank you very much,” he added, this time an emotional wreck.

The tears were welling up now as Segun collapsed into the embrace of his supporters on stage and was whisked out of sight and out of the venue.

“They threatened to kill him if he didn’t withdraw from the race and endorse the party’s consensus candidate for the position,” a source who worked on the ‘Segun for APC National Youth Leader’ campaign tells Quest Times exclusively and on condition of anonymity.

The consensus candidate for the position was 36-year-old Dayo Israel, who had the backing of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The office had been zoned to Lagos.

Sanwo-Olu and APC chieftains in the southwest who were working behind the scenes, had settled for Israel, who was announced as the choice of Lagos, only days before the convention.

Segun had been working on becoming APC National Youth Leader for the better part of two years.

Sanwo-Olu told Segun that it would be in his own interest to step down and abandon his political ambition if he doesn’t want what happened to Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to befall him, reveals the source.

Aregbesola had famously fallen out with APC national leader and Presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu; and was outwitted in the politics to choose the Osun State APC governorship flag-bearer.

“Sanwo-Olu also promised Segun that if he dropped out of the race, he would hand him an appointment in Lagos State and make him a bigger, widely known politician.

“Segun rejected these offers and told Sanwo-olu that he just wants to be given an opportunity to test his popularity at the ballot on convention day and exercise his democratic rights,” the source adds.

A visibly enraged Sanwo-Olu then told Segun to watch out and see how it all plays out at the convention.

A close friend of Segun’s who also craved anonymity for this story tells Quest Times that afterwards, the governor drew the battle line with Segun.

“He basically told Segun to f** off.”

Threats to wife and family
“Segun started receiving threats to his life over the phone.

“People were calling him and asking him to step out of the race, and that if he didn’t, he would face the consequences,” this friend of the aspirant discloses.

“On Convention Day, Segun was told to stay away from the Lagos Pavilion at Eagle Square. People were walking up to him from the Lagos Pavilion and threatening him. They were pointedly telling him to withdraw from the race.

“You may have noticed a chap sporting a white T-shirt who was cajoling Segun on the convention grounds. His name is Olarenwaju Smart.

“Olarenwaju walked up to Segun and told him that Governor Sanwo-Olu had concluded plans to report him to the DSS (Department of State Security) for forging a document and for forging the signatures of five state governors.

“For the records, Segun never did any of those things. So, Segun was like ‘I don’t know about these documents man and if the governor wants to report me to law enforcement, he should damn well go ahead because I never did any of these things.

“At the convention ground, boys from the Lagos Pavilion were threatening to beat Segun up and roughen him up if he doesn’t withdraw for Israel.

“Some of Segun’s friends and backers like Abike Dabiri and Ayobami Oyalowo, were receiving threatening phone calls from Sanwo-Olu’s associates,” says our source.

According to this friend, Segun caved-in and withdrew from the race when his wife received one of those threatening phone calls.

“That was where he drew the line, apparently.

“He got a call from his wife that they called her and told her that if she doesn’t convince her husband to step down, she was going to lose two of her children. That was in the early hours of Sunday,” reveals the source.

“I think his wife also told him to withdraw from the race for safety reasons and for the sake of their kids,” Quest Times was told.

According to Segun’s camp, their candidate had received the endorsements of 31 states out of 36, and that Segun was always going to trounce Israel in a free and fair contest if that was allowed to happen.

“The Dayo Israel they backed and who won, is not even from Lagos State.

“He is not a Lagosian. He was also almost disqualified from the race. He lied that he had resigned from a political appointment days prior when that was not the case. His letter was back-dated to let him scale through,” one of the sources adds.

Segun wouldn’t say a word when Quest Times reached out to him for comments for this story, only emphasizing that he is back home in the loving arms of his wife and kids and would be going under the radar.

Governor Sanwo-Olu and his media aides did not also respond to requests for comments before press time.

Quest Times was unable to reach Israel as well.

Source: https://www.thequesttimes.com/exclusive-how-gov-sanwo-olu-threatened-apc-youth-aspirant-dada-olusegun-before-national-convention/

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Nawa ooo... This much threats for party positions!!! They will all be fine las las

Much ado about coneheaded structural elements

Let's see video evidence

that is how APC local politics is been run in lagos.
i remember ojelabi's case.

That's politics... I remember this happened to my friend while in school contesting for SUG president ... Thank God and myself and the God father of my state.

Fake news......

Because they told him to step down from the race does not mean they want to kill him.

Dayo israel was directed to step down at the last chairmanship election as well.

Segun no popular reach dayo, aje.

And the foolish minister called it 'pure democracy', well Dada got served his favourite meal.


Agbero People's Congress and doings

Now politics for you be that, eat or be eaten.. again APC see Segun as person were good for street and Political thug. Them no see am as person were fit to be party exco.
Now Segun present himself to APC as thug, him the good in A$$l*cking , I watched one video of Segun were him lie down the beg Tinubu for National Youth leader, Tinubu no even look him face.
Politicains no dey respect person were the A$$l*ck. Them the only see you as Sycophant and errand boy.. If You want make politicains respect you, no dey worship them, let them no say you sabi wtin them sabi and you get something to offer them too. No be only them fit offer you something.
Pikin were wash him hand well go eat with elders.

Wahala for Youth Leader

Who cares about that foolish boy who was crying like a stray dog on national television?

That animal laughed and spat on the Graves and memories of ENDSARS protesters who were shot, killed and maimed at the Lekki toll gate. He gyrated at the treatment meted on them because he thought he was the favorite.

Today he's chopped breakfast and they are giving us fake news about threats to his family? He can die for all I care and I'd throw a feast.

We no dey forgive for this side.

Them don carry their Lagos BABA Sope enter Abuja. Thank God JANDOR is coming to liberate Lagosian from their Lagos bondage.

Rubbish report, from the editorials of fake news pedlar...don't worry, you'll soon have your days in the court of law. Don't cry of free press being impeded, when you're eventually arrested and prosecuted for spreading fake and malicious information.

Urbanchampion:
Rubbish report, from the editorials of fake news pedlar...don't worry, you'll soon have your days in the court of law. Don't cry of free press being impeded, when you're eventually arrested and prosecuted for spreading fake and malicious information.

what is fake news there?

Sweetplum:
Let's see video evidence

You be mumu. No be only video evidence.

Ddokie:


You be mumu. No be only video evidence.

you ds untreated man person wey foolis h pass for nairaland.

Sweetplum:
you ds untreated man person wey foolis h pass for nairaland.

You still be mumu.

Ddokie:


I m deeply sorry I m a mumu.

It's alright. Your mumu ll be treated for free. Cry no more.

Jostoman:
what is fake news there?

You mean you heard Governor Sanwoolu threatening to kill Dada Olusegun or use EFCC to deal with ?

Urbanchampion:


You mean you heard Governor Sanwoolu threatening to kill Dada Olusegun or use EFCC to deal with ?

don't worry JANDOR is coming to Save Lagosian in 2023

Politics such a dirty game

Why the threats then

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