Jimi Agbaje, governorship
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, says the plot
to impeach Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of the state, is meant to intimidate him.
The state house of assembly had
accused Ambode of incurring expenditure from the 2019 budget without presenting
it to the assembly.
The lawmakers issued the governor
a week ultimatum to explain his action, saying failure to do so could trigger
impeachment proceedings against him.
But reacting in a statement,
Agbaje said the move is capable of threatening the smooth running of the state.
He accused the lawmakers of using
the delayed budget as an excuse to carry out a hidden motive, which according
to him, was an act to shame the governor.
Agbaje was Ambode’s main rival in
the 2015 election.
“I received the news of the
impending impeachment of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode with a lot of reservation,
especially with its timing and motive. This is just 19 or so days to the
federal elections and the governorship, a fortnight thereafter. So the natural
questions to ask are: Why this haste? And what is the motive?” the statement
read.
“Of course, the way Lagos
politics has been structured over the last two decades, government actions are
often dictated by open and covert objectives.
“That the legislators are hinging
their action on the purported delay of the budget is simply a smokescreen for a
very shameful undertone that the honourable assembly members will not want to
make open. They are yet to tell us their actual motivation for this superfluous
move to shame the governor.
“Governance has ground to a halt
owing to the schism between the two arms of government, both of which are
dominated by APC. From all indications and from the findings that I have
conducted, the action of the lawmakers is nothing but self-serving as dictated
to them by the cabal ruling the state.”
The PDP candidate urged the
people of the state to choose his party as the best alternative to the ruling
All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said: “The situation, in which
we Lagosians find ourselves, calls for prayers. But more than that, the people
of the state should take the practical step of voting PDP into office as the
viable alternative.”
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