The All Progressives Congress (APC) in
Lagos is currently embroiled in a bitter
power struggle between incumbent
Governor Akinwumi Ambode and his
godfather, the former Governor of
Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu over the 2019 elections.
Ambode and Tinubu have been engaged
in a silent war for a while over issues
relating to his purge of Tinubu’s
loyalists from his inner circle and a
number of issues relating to contract
awards within Lagos state.
Tinubu is opposing the reelection of
Ambode after a lot of pressure from his
loyalists including Osun state governor,
Rauf Aregbesola who leads his political
structure. The Tinubu loyalists have all
threatened to boycott the party should
Ambode get the ticket.
The Tinubu loyalists presented Jide
Sanwonolu to the principal who has
decided to go with the flow. Tinubu
who has maintained a distance from
the issue however refused to endorse
the Governor or any other candidate
publicly. However his insistence on
direct primaries against the delegate
system points to the fact that the party
leader is attempting a coup and has
raised the alarm bells in the Ambode
camp. Ambode is not going down
without a fight, as reports filtered in
that he is in talks with the opposition
People’s Democratic Party, an
allegation that his officials have
denied.
However, Ambode seems to be losing
grip of the state machinery as the
Tinubu’s favored candidate has
received the endorsement of the 57
Chairmen of the Local Government
Areas in Lagos who were handpicked
by TInubu.
The recent feud in Lagos has become a
source of concern and division in the
Presidency. Though Tinubu is highly
esteemed by the Presidency, the APC is
worried by the loss of a sitting state
Governor ahead of the polls which is
increasingly becoming a possibility as
the Governor seems set to fight back.
A recent expose of Tinubu’s grand
corruption in Lagos state by a
whistleblower who was former
Managing Director of his company,
AlphaBeta, Dapo Apara has been
described as an Ambode hatchet job.
Another concern is that the revelation
has put Buhari’s war against corruption
on the spotlight as citizens would be
watching to see if the former Governor
and National Leader of his party the
APC would be investigated by the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission in the face of the
overwhelming evidence presented in the
petition.
However, investigations reveal that this
is not the case as a faction of the
party loyal to former Governor
Babatunde Fashola, who is also an
enemy of his predecessor, Tinubu has
decided to strike and further the
tensions between the two estranged
bedfellows.
The Fashola camp which includes
people like the AMCON chairman Muiz
Banire are floating Mr. Obafemi
Hamzat, a special adviser to Fashola
and former commissioner of works
under his regime to challenge Ambode
and Tinubu’s anoited candidate. This
threatens to polarised the party further
as the battle within the largest
opposition state threatens to consume
the party. While reclaiming the
Presidency in 2019 remains Buhari’s
major headache, the crisis in Lagos, the
most important state for the ruling
party is only compounding that.

From:https://crusadersiii./2018/09/12/exclusive-report-buhari-threatened-as-tinubu-ambode-2019-election-feud-tears-apc-apart/

Lagos state might just be about experience another political fraca

We need Lagos than Nigeria sef


This Lagos deserve better governance

Power tussle is always a dangerous game.APC should play safe.

Trust me, JAGABAN knows the game better,he silence all of them

Tinubu needs ambode as ambode needs him but tinubu will be pushing his luck too far by being strong handed with ambode,

If ambode leaves APC it will be an end for the era of the so called jagaban whose looting of Lagos state are being exposed .

He that God wants to destroy dey first make him mad


Tinubu Tinubu Tinubu!!! Behave

Just so you know, the drama in Lagos is being directed from Abuja.

Pdp power to the people. Lagos will fall under the umbrella.

I think karma just came to pay ambode a visit . he and Tinubu did same to Fashola