The mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown, has got many talking as he expressed his admiration for Lagos state during an event organised to honour Peter Obi, the flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election.

Brampton is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario, with a high population of Nigerian immigrants.

During his recent visit to Canada, Peter Obi explored Brampton. In a post shared on his Facebook page on Sunday, May 5, he described Brampton as a city renowned for its rapid growth, earning its accolades not just within Canada but across North America, including a consistent AAA rating from Standard and Poor (S & P) over the past 8 years.

But while speaking at a recent town hall meeting hosted by the Coalition of Nigerian Canadian Interest Groups based in Canada to honour Obi, Brown recounted how he fell in love with Lagos when he visited in 2007.

The period of his visit coincided with the time President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in office as the governor of the south-west state.

Brown was seen in a video shared on Sunday, May 5, 2024, by The Punch, addressing the cheering audience.

In the viral video, Brown, who was blown away during his visit to Lagos, said:

“ I went to Nigeria in 2007. I went to Lagos and I fell in love with the country. There’s a lot of love for Nigeria in my city.” CONTINUE READING