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The governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has called bluffs on his godfather, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying he is ready to contest the upcoming state governorship primaries.
Mr. Ambode, on Wednesday expressed his readiness to participate in the All Progressives Congress [APC]’s primary election where party members are expected to choose the party’s flag bearer through direct primaries on Saturday.
Stories are rife on media that Tinubu has rejected Ambode and endorsed Jide Sanwoolu as his successor.
To that extent, his propaganda machine unearthed Ambode’s Joint Admission and Matriculation Board [JAMB] form where it indicated that he is originally from Ondo State, hence not eligible to govern Lagos State.
However, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, the Governor said he is ready to contest in line with the choice of the party in Lagos State and the validation given to the direct primary preference by the Governor’s Advisory Council.
“As our great party approaches Saturday September 29th, 2018,” the statement reads, “earmarked for the direct primary election to choose the candidate to fly our party’s gubernatorial flag at the next general election, I am happy to restate my commitment to participate in that process having procured and submitted my nomination form and having formally declared my intention to seek a second term to continue on the path of unprecedented growth and development that our State has witnessed since 2015”.
The Governor, nonetheless, thanked Tinubu, party elders and executives, GAC members, all APC members and every Lagosian “whose support, understanding and prayers have assisted me in no small measures in being used as an instrument through which our State has redefined the concept of greatness”.
Bamigbetan stressed that the Governor in seeking re-election is approaching the founding fathers and teeming members of the party with a “grateful heart, open arms and a pledge to open and deeper attention to the concerns of this one, big family”.
He added that a return of the party’s ticket to Governor Ambode will guarantee the stability of the State’s growing economy.
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According to him, it will ensure the continuation of the growth and development of the state’s economy has witnessed over time and will ensure that the opposition does not take root in the State.
Bamigbetan congratulated the Governor’s co-contestants for the courage and commitment to the party.
He also urged party faithful to come out en masse and vote peacefully in all the 20 Local Governments and 245 wards where the election will take place.
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