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Tinubu Reacts To Agbaje’s Talk On Freeing Lagos From APC
Lagos Must Deliver At Least Three Million Votes For APC, Says Tinubu
Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has fired back at Jimi Agbaje, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for saying he wants to free Lagos.
Agbaje had said been campaigning with the theme of setting Lagos Free. He had particularly 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, Naija News recalls.
Recall Agabje’s tweet below:
More photos from Amuwo Odofin: Thank you all for the warm welcome. Look forward to coming back soon. Let's keep working to #SetLagosfree pic.twitter.com/iMn1HYrIYg
— Jimi Agbaje (@jimiagbaje) December 15, 2018
Friends, the fact that we still have to contend with this sort of behaviour in 2018 is unfortunate.
Lagosians, does it not prove that Lagos State is indeed in bondage? WHO is afraid of FREEDOM FOR THE PEOPLE? In a democracy, should the people not choose whom they want?
— Jimi Agbaje (@jimiagbaje) December 16, 2018
In reaction to his statements, Tinubu, former Lagos governor, who spoke at the APC stakeholders’ meeting in Ikeja, said, “Those who said they wanted freedom should go and learn tailoring and vulcanizing 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.