{"id":235409,"date":"2025-09-05T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/breaking-labour-party-ex-governorship-candidate-rhodes-vivour-joins-adc\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T23:07:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:07:00","slug":"breaking-labour-party-ex-governorship-candidate-rhodes-vivour-joins-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/breaking-labour-party-ex-governorship-candidate-rhodes-vivour-joins-adc\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Labour Party Ex-Governorship Candidate, Rhodes-Vivour Joins ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/politicsnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BREAKINGn-1-640x405-11-1-3-4-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), confirming that he will formally declare for the coalition on Saturday.<br \/>He made the confirmation in a post on his X handle.<br \/>\u201cI will be declaring for the ADC coalition tomorrow. No amount of police intimidation, sealed venues, or harassment will stop this historic event. Lagos belongs to the people, and we will not be silenced,\u201d Rhodes-Vivour stated.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will be declaring for the ADC coalition tomorrow. No amount of police intimidation, sealed venues or harassment will stop this historic event. Lagos belongs to the people, and we will not be silenced.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OURLAGOS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OURLAGOS<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lSe434KWot\">https:\/\/t.co\/lSe434KWot<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BdWl1u7lKQ\">pic.twitter.com\/BdWl1u7lKQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (@GRVlagos) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GRVlagos\/status\/1964041992318447971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>His statement came after police operatives on Friday sealed off Lion Field in Alimosho, Lagos, a venue earlier approved for the ADC to hold a political meeting.<br \/>Describing the development as an assault on democracy, Rhodes-Vivour accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of weaponising state institutions to suppress opposition voices.<br \/>\u201cIt is truly disappointing that the Lagos APC is abusing state institutions by sealing off the venue where the ADC was scheduled to hold a meeting tomorrow after obtaining the necessary approvals,\u201d he wrote.<br \/>He stressed that Lagos \u201cbelongs to all its residents, not a select few,\u201d adding that \u201cno amount of intimidation or harassment will stop us from engaging with the people.\u201d<br \/>The closure of the venue follows recent reports of disruption of ADC activities in the state, including alleged assaults on members and interference with political gatherings.<br \/>The ADC has in recent months gained national attention after opposition leaders Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi announced their alignment with the coalition as part of efforts to mount a strong challenge against President Bola <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>and the APC in the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The article was originally published on Politics Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), confirming that he will formally declare for the coalition on Saturday.He made the confirmation in a post on his X handle.\u201cI will be declaring for the ADC coalition tomorrow. 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