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  • Lagos APC Primary: Yayi, supporters in wild jubilation as Ambode loses to Sanwo-Olu in Alimosho [Video]

    Lagos APC Primary: Yayi, supporters in wild jubilation as Ambode loses to Sanwo-Olu in Alimosho [Video]

    There was wild celebration at the Alimosho Area of Lagos State on Tuesday after the results of the ongoing Lagos governorship primary was announced in favour of Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
    Governor Akinwunmi Ambode lost to his main rival, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Ward E2 of the Alimosho Local Government. He pulled 20 votes, Sanwo-Olu scored 9,860.
    However, as soon as the results were announced, senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly called Yayi led supporters to celebrate Sanwo-Olu’s victory.
    See video below:

  • Osinbajo, Oshiomhole, others plotting to manipulate primaries in favour of Ambode – Sanwo-Olu

    Osinbajo, Oshiomhole, others plotting to manipulate primaries in favour of Ambode – Sanwo-Olu

    Babajide Sanwo-Olu Media Support Group has written a petition against the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; National Chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, among other, over plots to manipulate the Lagos governorship primary in favour of the incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.

    The petition which was published on the official social media account of Sanwo-Olu’s Support group also indicted Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and the Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi.
    Sanwo-Olu, is said to be the preferred candidate of APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu.

    The statement reads: Earlier today, we got reports that the National Working Committee (NWC) established by the APC national body to oversee and supervise the Primaries process in Lagos State visited GOV. AKINWUNMI AMBODE at the state house and they were enriched with the sum of 50MILLION NAIRA.
    That’s a body that ought to work discreetly independent.
    As we all know, the primaries was shifted again today due to inadequate preparation and to make sure party membership cards are properly distributed across the state to members of the party.


    Now the Question is: That Money they received today was for what?
    As we said earlier, it’s a body that has been furnished with the needful and expected to work not in favor of any candidates, their entitlements are to come from the Party National body.
    But instead, the members of the committee received what they are not entitled to from one of the aspirants. Now how do we get a free and fair election?
    Misplaced priority.
    The Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has lobbied for the return ticket for Ambode but the state stakeholders have refused and decided to let a primary decide the fate of the candidate.
    In addendum, we also heard that the Party’s National chairman, Adams Oshiomole, alongside Governor of Ogun state, Ibikunle Amosun, and the newly elected Governor of Ekiti State, kayode Fayemi, are the brains behind the planned manipulation and they are trying to make things go in favor of Ambode.
    The fallacy of power of incumbency is what they are trying to showcase, and the will of people must definitely prevail as the ideology of democracy unfolds.
    It’s quite unfortunate or most preferably sadonic that the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, straight fact, was not doing this in vain. The VP received expands of land at Eti Osa local government of Lagos state. Also some factions of the party are really going to the extreme to make things work in their favor, forgetting the fact that the will of the party has to be represented and protected by all members.
    We really hope that the electioneering process of tomorrow wouldn’t end in peril.

  • Ambode's allegation: PDP asks Buhari to probe Sanwo-Olu

    Ambode's allegation: PDP asks Buhari to probe Sanwo-Olu

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has validated its position that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a party of fraudsters and election riggers. The former ruling party was on Sunday reacting to a world press conference held by the embattled Lagos state governor.
    Ambode had while briefing newsmen stated that his opponent in the race, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was arrested for spending fake dollars in the United States of America.
    The governor further alleged that Sanwo-Olu was not mentally fit to be the flagbearer of the party in the 2019 elections.
    Reacting in a statement, the spokesperson of the PDP, Kola Ologbondinyan said that by “this, the whole world can see that the APC is nothing but a den of fraudsters and corrupt persons who not only cheated their way to power through lies and propaganda in 2015 but have also continued to bleed and defraud our nation with humongous sleazes and massive corruption in very high places.
    “That is why the APC will have no scruples to project persons of questionable character and those with allegations of corruption hanging on the necks as their National Chairman and governorship aspirants.
    “We challenge President Muhammadu Buhari to show his claimed integrity by ordering an open investigation into this huge allegation against his party’s governorship aspirant.”