The All Progressives Congress in Lagos on Friday made last effort to sale its governorship candidate ahead of the governorship election scheduled for Saturday.
Sanwo-Olu is slugging it out with perennial fiend, Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.
Government sources in Alausa said the incumbent governor, Akinwumi Ambode, had decided to support fully the candidacy of Sanwo-Olu and is hell-bent on ensuring that he emerged the winner in Saturday’s poll.
It was gathered that the results of the presidential election in Lagos was not pleasing to the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who gave a marching order to all APC leaders to do everything possible to ensure that Sanwo-Olu emerged winner on Saturday.
Also, the threats of the Igbo in Lagos was put into consideration as a result of their large number which could influence the outcome of polls in the state.
After a meeting between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ambode, former governor Babatunde Fashola and other chieftains of the party to cement broken relationships; and with the input of Tinubu, Ambode had decided to go all out for Sanwo-Olu.
In the last few days, the governor was said to have held meetings with several groups, including the Igbo to campaign for votes for Sanwo-Olu. This is asides recent roadshow Ambode embarked on with Sanwo-Olu and his running mate, Olatunji Hamzat.
Government sources had it that members of the House of Assembly, commissioners, permanent secretaries and other top echelons have been well mobilized by the governor for the battle ahead on Saturday to ensure that Agbaje’s ambition failed for the third time.
Agbaje has been playing on ethnic sentiment to get the votes of the Igbo in Lagos and has come up with the slogan ‘Freedom, Democracy and Lagos’ where he has been demonizing Tinubu as a dictator who held Lagos hostage for 20 years.