Ashafa
Two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, the senator representing Lagos-West senatorial district, Ganiyu Solomon, and his Lagos-East counterpart, Gbenga Ashafa, have said that the APC governorship candidate in Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, will win Saturday’s governorship election.
Both senators spoke in separate statements on Tuesday.
Solomon said, “On Saturday, March 28, our great party, the APC, made history at the presidential poll with General Muhammadu Buhari emerging the next president of the country. The victory was well deserved after a long haul of political warfare. But the battle is not over yet.
“This Saturday, April 11, has been slated for the governorship election and Lagos cannot afford to play the opposition at a period the APC is the government at the centre.
“This time in Lagos, continuity is both constructive and imperative and, in fact, sacrosanct because it can only be sustained by the APC, a party that is tested and trusted.
In the same vein, Ashafa, says he is sure Ambode will win Saturday’s election.
He said that the close margin between the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded presidential election in Lagos notwithstanding, Ambode would poll the highest number of votes with a wide margin.
A statement by the senator’s campaign office quoted him as saying this while speaking with journalists during Easter.
Ashafa urged the PDP in Lagos to get ready to accept defeat just as President Goodluck Jonathan did after losing to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.
He expressed his confidence in the chances of the APC, adding that the party’s political machinery in Lagos State was fit enough to return the party to the Alausa seat of power.
ENIOLA AKINKUOTU
