The governorship election in Lagos was between incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Rhodes-Vivour and Adeniran Jandor of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Since Labour Party won the presidential election in Lagos State, though by a slim margin, it appeared as if the party, which fielded Rhodes-Vivour, whose mother is Igbo, was going to wrestle Lagos from the ruling APC.

A victory for the LP in the election would mean Lagos would be controlled by a party alien to the Yoruba people. This Dayo Israel may have frowned at, hence his apparent use of the Yoruba Ronu phrase, which eventually led to LP losing the election to APC’s Sanwo-Olu.

Since the loss suffered by the LP, its supporters, popularly known as Obidients, have been bugging Dayo Israel for the use of the Yoruba Ronu phrase, a thing they considered tribalistic.


Reacting, months after his usage of the phrase, Dayo Israel dug out an old post on X by Rhodes-Vivour in which the LP candidate made use of the same phrase to awaken Yoruba people. Rhodes-Vivour said, in response to a post, “Sense… Yoruba Ronu.”

Quoting the post, Dayo Israel shared on X, “Great to see that my friend, Gbadebo Rhode Vivour @GRVlagos of the Labour Party is the pioneer of Yoruba Ronu, as posted on 26 March 2021. I hope the Obidient would let me rest every time someone mentions Yoruba Ronu. Have a great week. But before I go, #ObidientRonu – you cannot continue to live in opposition, join hand with BAT and let’s make Nigeria great together. #obidientronu.”

Lol@ Obidient ronu.

God punish gbarebooo and all his headless mob followers

To find trouble just dey hunger me this days

Obi bingos plenty for lagos

They want to own Lagos and add it to their states in the east.

skj1377:
They want to own Lagos and add it to their states in the east.

Exactly, GRV is not so smart a politician. He had a great chance of winning the election but lost it due to lack of 'political' wisdom. You know that everybody in Nigeria is either attached to his tribe or religion or even to both yet you were making interviews claiming that Lagos is a no man's land and nonsense. If it were Wike that was in his shoes, he would beat Sanwoolu blue and black!.

skj1377:
They want to own Lagos and add it to their states in the east.

Igbos pushed him and It is most likely a set up to get rid of them and they fell for it, they have not even own portharcourt that is close to them which contains minority group, it is Lagos which contains arguably the most exposed Nigerians/ Africa they think they can take.

Now they've lost all the posts and benefits they use to get in Lagos before, they should expect more damage in the future because they are not smart like they think they are.

everyone's joining the team to move the country forward,na obedient remain!! #obedientronu