Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has denied reports claiming he was working with the agents of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, to ensure that APC and its governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu lose in the March 9th election. There were reports that the governor was using his close ally, Tokunbo Afikuyomi, to campaign agaisnt Sanwo-Olu and APC.
Governor Ambode in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna, said that having publicly declared his acceptance of the decision of the party on the party’s governorship primaries, he would never take any action to undermine the prospects of the party in the ongoing elections.
Recall that Ambode lost his re-election bid in a controversial governorship primaries that held in the state last October that saw Sanwo-Olu, the preferred candidate of APC National Chairman, Bola Tinubu, winner of the primaries.
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