Bola Tinubu, chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), has taken a swipe at Jimi Agbaje, governorship
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for saying he wants to free
Lagos.
Agbaje had said he will free the
state from Alphabeta Consulting, a company which he claims receives a
percentage of every dime Lagos earns in taxes and revenues.
Tinubu, former Lagos governor,
reacted to the comment on Monday at the APC stakeholders’ meeting in Ikeja.
He said: “Those who said they
wanted freedom should go and learn tailoring and vulcanising and we will do
freedom for them later. They do not have the people.
“He was in the contest for the
first and second times. He is in the contest for the third time. He will fail
again.”
Tinubu said Lagos must deliver at
least three million votes for the APC during the 2019 polls.
He said it is imperative for the
ruling party to hold on to power and that its members “must vote en masse” for
President Muhammadu Buhari.
The APC chieftain said: “Here in
Lagos, we must maintain a strong outing for APC, a party of progress,
development and economy. We must differentiate between a developmental economy
and a container economy. We will not accept to get Nigeria corrupt again.
“We suffered 16 years of their
failure and fake promises. We have made progress in Lagos We have become the
fifth largest economy in Africa. We have six million votes in Lagos.
“Your target should be half;
three million or the entire six million. We must vote en masse for President
Muhammadu Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, our governorship candidate, senators,
house of representatives and assembly candidates, and later, our chairmen and
councillors.”
Tinubu urged the party’s leaders
to woo back those who have left the APC, charging the local council chairmen
and councillors to hold meetings with those who are aggrieved.
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Tinubu is you and your entire family that will learn vulcanizing, we cannot be under your siege forever, you cannot continue to impose and cage Lagotians
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