Lagos State's 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has yet to declare whether he will contest the 2027 governorship election in the state, despite defecting from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

Rhodes-Vivour who lost the 2023 polls to incumbent Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, simply replied “by God’s grace” when asked whether he would run again.

Speaking further in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television he said he will never align with President Bola Tinubu or the APC to become governor of the state.

According to him, it is a waste of time to do so.

“I will rather go and focus on my business, my work, and my family. That [aligning with Tinubu] will be a complete waste of time.

“The reason why we are in politics is to make the lives of Lagosians better; it is to restore Lagos to its old glory — glory that a lot of people might not really be familiar with in terms of the history of Lagos, and the greatness that Lagos once was,” he said.

The politician further stated that any party that would not allow him to maximise the commonwealth of Lagos for the benefit of its people is a complete waste of time.

According to him, Lagos would be better if the domination of what he termed as “agberocracry” was expunged.

Rhodes-Vivour, who recently defected from the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, said his decision is to square up to the ruling party.

He also said that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, was aware of his decision to move to the ADC.