Dele Alake, the Director of Media and Communications of the
Campaign Council of Bola Tinubu has said the All Progressives Congress, APC,
presidential candidate did not deny former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi
Ambode, a second term.
Alake said Ambode lost his second term because the incumbent
Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, defeated him during the 2018 APC primaries.
Speaking on Sunday in Lagos, Alake said it was a misconception
that Tinubu refused Ambode a second term.
He stressed that the people of Lagos State voted against
Ambode during the primaries and not Tinubu.
According to Alake: “In a political competition, there must
be supporters here and there. Yes, Fashola’s successor (Ambode) came into
office; Asiwaju supported him as he supported Fashola.
“But let me use this opportunity to clear one point, a
misconception that Ambode wasn’t given a second term. It is not true.
“The governorship mandate is not for Asiwaju to give or
take. It is for Lagos State’s people to give, take, or withdraw. Ambode was in
office for whatever reason he might have committed; of course, he did commit
gaps and faux pas, but he also went through an election.
“Asiwaju did not take the ticket from him. He contested the
primaries with Babajide Sanwo-Olu and lost. The primary was conducted in the
open all over the state and the media covered it and it was shown everywhere.
Why do people always succumb to such partisanship occasioned by blind prejudices.”
Ambode is the only governor who failed to secure a second
term since the return of democracy in 1999.
The former governor was believed to have lost Tinubu’s
support after a fallout with the APC presidential candidate
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