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.
THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE APC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN AND OTHERS ON THE LAST MINUTES MOVE TO MANIPULATE PRIMARIES IN FAVOR OF AMBODE. pic.twitter.com/c8C7vdFlcH
— Jide Sanwo-Olu Support Group (@JideSGroup) October 1, 2018
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.