The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, comprising
Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF, has endorsed, Jimi Agbaje, the candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos
State.
The forum said the endorsement was in furtherance of its
resolve that Nigeria must be restructured with Lagos being of strategic
importance in the Nigerian project.
This was contained in a statement by Afenifere spokesman,
Mr. Yinka Odumakin as well as Prof. Chigozie Ogbu (Ohaneze); Senator Bassey
Henshaw (PANDEF) and Dr. Isuwa Dogo for Middle Belt Forum.
The forum said it cannot be indifferent with the
governorship poll in Lagos because Lagos was the Secretariat of the
anti-colonial struggles where Nigerians from various nationalities worked
together for the country’s independence.
“Nigerians from all sections worked together from the city
in the valiant years of anti-military struggles that gave us the civil rule we
have today,” the statement said.
The forum observed that out of the two leading candidates
contesting for Lagos gubernatorial election, “one belongs to a political party
that stands on the way of restructuring Nigeria and therefore cannot be in our
consideration.
“The other candidate, Mr Jimi Agbaje of the PDP has, for
over 20 years, been involved in the struggles to rearrange Nigeria as an
Afenifere man and we have no reservations in encouraging our people to choose
him as Governor of Lagos in the March 9 election”, it added.
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