President Muhammadu Buhari and
the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola
Tinubu, were on Thursday night locked in a meeting in Abuja, over Tinubu’s
withdrawal of support for the second term aspiration of Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode, ThisDay reports.
It is understood that with
Buhari’s last-minute intervention, Ambode would likely secure Tinubu’s approval
to seek re-election in 2019 on the platform of the ruling APC.
There has been controversy over
the political future of Ambode after Jideo Sanwo-Olu and former Lagos State
Commissioner for Works & Infrastructure, Hamzat obtained nomination form,
to challenge Ambode in the APC primaries scheduled to hold on September 19.
All chairmen of 20 Local
Government Areas (LGAs) as well as 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs)
in the state, have signed Sanwo-Olu’s governorship nomination form, claiming
that they were acting on Tinubu’s instruction.
Sources close to the power play
in Lagos, however, doubt that the meeting with the president would provide
reprieve for Ambode as Tinubu’s options are said to be limited.
Tinubu’s close associates are
reportedly telling him that having showed his hand, it was better for him to
finish what he has started, fearing that should he be persuaded to back pedal
and support Ambode, it could be costly.
“Ambode could play the good boy
now, and deal with Tinubu and his supporters once he wins his second term. He
would have nothing to fight for or lose again.
“Tinubu is not likely to be
persuaded by Buhari’s fear that an Ambode defeat could backfire. He would assure
them that he could handle the situation without any adverse consequence for the
president’s election and APC’s fortune in the state,” a source said.
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