Governorship
candidates of 10 opposition political parties in Lagos State on Friday
dropped their ambitions to contest the April 11 governorship elections
in the state.
The candidates in the presence of their party
chairmen, however, declared their total support for Mr Akinwunmi Ambode,
the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
They
also directed all their supporters to vote for Ambode during the
governorship and State House of Assembly elections on April 11.
The
parties and their candidates are Accord Party, Mr Adeshina Buruji;
Independent Democrats, Mr Obadia Akinola; Action Alliance, Mr Ishola
Aregbesola; and Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Mr Babatunde Sarumi.
Others
include the African People’s Alliance, Mr Abiodun Oyegunle; KOWA Party,
Mr Victor Adeniji; All Progressives Grand Alliance, Mr Adeshina
Olayokun; NNPP, Mr Sesan Olatunde; the Citizens Popular Party, Mr
Sylvester Eze; and the Progressives People’s Alliance, Mrs Pauline
Ojochide.
Mr Obadia Akinola, the governorship candidate of the
Independent Democrats, spoke on behalf of the other candidates at the
declaration event in Lagos.
Akinola said the decision was taken in the interests of the people of Lagos State.
“What
we are saying is that we, the 10 undersigned governorship candidates,
have shelved our individual governorship ambitions and aspirations as we
unanimously give our unwavering solidarity to work together with Ambode
of the APC,” Akinola said.
Credit: NAN
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