“I Will Run For Lagos Governorship Seat Under The ADC” –  Rhodes-Vivour

By Adesina Soyooye

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has said he would run for the Lagos State Governorship race in 2027.

Rhodes-Vigour  disclosed this when he appeared on Arise Television’s Flagship Programme, The Morning Show on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.

If he gets the nod of the ADC to fly its flag, that will be the second time he would run for the seat.

In 2023, Rhodes-Vivour ran for the office under the Labour Party and came a distant second even though his Party’s Presidential candidate then, Peter Obi, won Lagos State by defeating then Candidate Bola Tinubu, a former two-term Governor of the State who finally won the Presidency nationwide.

Not a few people hold the strong view that if the Presidential and Governorship elections were held the same day, Rhodes-Vivour would have defeated incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Tinubu’s shocking loss in Lagos, gingered the All Progressives Congress, APC, to pull all stops to defeat the LP Candidate.

However, Rhodes-Vivour has since dumped the LP for the ADC over the unending leadership crisis which has dogged the LP.