Olorogun-Etti canvasses second term for Ambode

Mon, Jan 29, 2018 | By publisher


Politics

 

BABATUNDE Olorogun-Etti, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday, January 28, said Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State would not only contest the 2019 governorship election but would also win convincingly.

“Performance and delivery on the ground will matter in 2019 elections,” he said.

Olorogun-Etti spoke at some length in Lagos Island on Ambode’s role in the economic development and social progress of Lagos State.

He also hit at the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Lagos State chapter, declaring the party dead in the state. “The Lagos PDP is a hot-bed for charlatans,” he said.

The former PDP chieftain praised the Lagos State governor for providing the needs of the people, modernising governance and transforming the state.

“Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has created the “Lagos miracle.”

Olorogun-Etti also praised Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State, for piloting the APC, along the path of greatness in Nigeria.

Olorogun-Etti, leader of Eko United, a major political group in the state, attributed the poor performance of the PDP in Lagos State to the selfish ambition of some individuals.

“There is no internal democracy in Lagos PDP. There is a feeling of alienation and exclusion,” he said.

Olorogun-Etti cited in-fighting, irreconcilable differences with the leadership of the PDP in Lagos State, the stronghold of Bode George, a former deputy national chairman of the party, the party’s poor performance at the 2015 polls and the inspirational leadership of Tinubu as reasons for quitting the party.

“We are still a year away from the next general elections in 2019. PDP can no longer compete in Lagos State,” he said.

Olorogun-Etti said the result of the last local government election in the state was a “great demonstration of the strength of the governor and the ruling party.”

“Governor Ambode’s marvellous performance in office contributed greatly to the party’s performance in the last local government election in the state,” he said, adding: “Lagosians have recognised the good work going on in the name of development.”

 

–Jan. 29, 2018 @ 12:31 GMT

 

 

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