Bola Tinubu, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has taken
a swipe at Jimi Agbaje, governorship candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), for saying he wants to free Lagos.
Agbaje
had said he will free the state from Alphabeta Consulting, a company
which he claims receives a percentage of every dime Lagos earns in taxes
and revenues.
Tinubu, former Lagos governor, reacted to the comment on Monday at the APC stakeholders’ meeting in Ikeja.
He
said: “Those who said they wanted freedom should go and learn tailoring
and vulcanising and we will do freedom for them later. They do not have
the people.
“He was in the contest for the first and second times. He is in the contest for the third time. He will fail again.”
Tinubu said Lagos must deliver at least three million votes for the APC during the 2019 polls.
He
said it is imperative for the ruling party to hold on to power and that
its members “must vote en masse” for President Muhammadu Buhari.
The
APC chieftain said: “Here in Lagos, we must maintain a strong outing
for APC, a party of progress, development and economy. We must
differentiate between a developmental economy and a container economy.
We will not accept to get Nigeria corrupt again.
“We suffered 16
years of their failure and fake promises. We have made progress in Lagos
We have become the fifth largest economy in Africa. We have six million
votes in Lagos.
“Your target should be half; three million or
the entire six million. We must vote en masse for President Muhammadu
Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, our governorship candidate, senators,
house of representatives and assembly candidates, and later, our
chairmen and councillors.”
Tinubu urged the party’s leaders to
woo back those who have left the APC, charging the local council
chairmen and councillors to hold meetings with those who are aggrieved.
Source:- Thecableng
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