There are indications pointing to
the fact that the fate of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Tinubu may have
been sealed by a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola
Tinubu.
On Friday, a top ranking
personality in the APC disclosed that Tinubu has no plans to endorse the
candidature of Ambode for a second term.
This claim was in reaction to
reports from the camp of Ambode saying Tinubu was set to endorse the governor,
ahead of Sunday’s APC primary election.
Pulse quoted the source as saying
Ambode was keen on a second term ticket on the APC platform.
“Ambode’s camp is desperately
trying to mislead Lagosians with these stories.
“The Ambode camp just rose from a
meeting and agreed to publish a news story that Asiwaju is set to endorse and
anoint Ambode in the early hours of Saturday morning before the primaries.
“There has been no meeting
between Asiwaju and Ambode. This story is concocted and a lie from the pit of
hell.
“The aim of this is to misinform
the electorate in Lagos and to cause confusion. A number of similar false
publications are already in the works.
“The claim of an endorsement is a
total fallacy. It’s not going to happen. The governor has challenged the people
of Lagos to a fight. Let him face it,” the source said.
Ambode is expected to slug it out
with Mr Jide Sanwo-Olu, the Managing Director, Lagos State Development and
Property Corporation, and Dr Femi Hamzat, a former Commissioner for Works, for
the governorship ticket.
Vice Chairman of the APC in Lagos
East Senatorial District, Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, had recently disclosed that the
57 Local Council Chairmen in the state have been asked to work towards the
emergence of Sanwonolu as the next governor of the state.
When Tinubu’s spokesperson, Tunde
Rahman was contacted in an attempt to get his reaction on the face-off, he did
not picking up.
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