TENSION!!! APC Leaders Threaten Tinubu Over Ambode's 2nd Term

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jamesany ❚ 6 years ago❚

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The crisis rocking Lagos chapter of All Progressives Congress APC has taken yet another twist. Elders of the Party within Bola Tinubu’s immediate political circle have warned him against any attempt to reconcile with the Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, threatening to vote against his choice if he backs him for second term.

According to a reliable source in the party, this decision became necessary following pressures being mounted on the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tinubu, from several quaters to support Ambode for second term.

Bola Tinubu

IGBERE TV learnt that Tinubu’s loyalists, who are mostly in ‘Mandate Movement’, the acclaimed strongest political group in the state, held a meeting in the state yesterday and unanimously agreed to challenge their leader if he back-pedals to support the incumbent governor. Tinubu is believed to be backing the Managing Director of Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSPDC), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The supporters of the APC national leader are mobilising for Sanwo-Olu to emerge as APC governorship candidate during the party’s primary election on September 25. According to the source, Tinubu’s loyalists said they were dissatisfied with the way they were treated by the governor despite supporting him at the expense of other aspirants during the 2015 elections. They, therefore, said that they were now solidly behind Sanwo-Olu.

“We have gone far in our support for Sanwo- Olu and at present, it will be difficult for us to back out from our desire to stop Ambode’s re-election. “In fact, some of the party leaders resolved at the meeting that they are ready to challenge Tinubu for the first time since 1999 if he decides to support Ambode’s re-election.

They said they would embark on protest votes if Tinubu asks Sanwo-Olu to withdraw from the governorship race. “The present situation has nothing to do with Tinubu alone; it is about key leaders of the APC, who are not happy about how they were treated by the governor. They worked hard for Ambode, but despite their support for the governor, he abandoned them and treated them badly.