The Itesiwaju Mainland (IM), a political group under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos Mainland area, urges loyalists to protect their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVCs) ahead of council polls in Lagos state.

The group made the call on Sunday during its first monthly meeting in 2025 at the Herbert Macaulay Primary Adekunle Area of Yaba.

The group’s chairman, Aliu Momoh, directed members to get PVC ready for the local government election.

Mr Momoh advised members not to fall into the antics of some faceless groups masquerading as working for the ruling APC.

“This is where we pass authentic information to members, who will in turn take the information to the ward level.

“Today, we want members to watch out for genuine APC party meetings at the local government level.

“We want APC members to get their PVC ready for the coming local government election.”

The chairman said that the leadership would pass the information the moment the party released the electoral guideline for the poll.

Also speaking, the secretary of the group, Kola Atanda, said the group was poised to ensure that members got dividends of democracy.

Mr Atanda said: “From our findings, we realised that most of the time, members only see candidates during the election period and this is not good enough.

“We decided to set up this organisation, mainly for those who do not belong to any political group before now.

“We are just introducing them to party politics. This is to ensure that what belongs to them gets to them.

“Our membership has spread across both Mainland Local Government and Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA),” he said.

According to him, the group has been organising caucus meetings at various wards across the two local governments, polling no fewer than 1,500 members.

(NAN)