By Kole Onikoyi
I used to be a supporter of APC candidate
Akinwunmi Ambode for the Lagos
gubernatorial elections for 2015. My support
was because of a personal liking for the man
who smiled at me from all those posters and
billboards. However, that has changed and I
am now in the Jimi Agbaje’s PDP corner. You
need to know why.
The first reason is that the APC will control the
federal government from May 29. They will also
be in the majority in the Senate and the House of
Representatives. From my projections, it seems
they will also win more governorship positions
next Saturday.
I am very worried about the implications of such
a super majority for the APC. I believe that every
democracy needs strong opposition to really
thrive. If the APC becomes such a super majority,
I fear that they would begin to take Nigerians for
granted the way the PDP did for so long. Since
the APC will be the dominant party it would be a
great thing for the PDP to control a large state
like Lagos from where they can be the voice of
the opposition. That does not stop the federal
government and Gen. Buhari from doing positive
projects for the state, unless the APC is saying
that the FG it will lead will discriminate against
non-APC states.
To be sincere are you not worried about how
things are going to be with APC leader Bola
Tinubu pulling weight in the centre and in Lagos
as well? A man who ‘Financial Times’ recently
called ‘Machiavelli’, who knows how to
manipulate the media and divert resources for
the extension of his personal fiefdom. We need a
counter check for him and his party. So Agbaje
should win.
Ambode as the APC candidate of APC has
professional qualification and experience as an
accountant. Jimi Agbaje on the other hand
belongs to an entrepreneurship background
where he has founded a company, excelled as
the CEO and subsequently as director of JayKay
Pharmacy. An accomplished pharmacist, he held
several positions in the pharmaceutical union
and has vied for the position of Governor of
Lagos, no less than two times.
Ambode, just like Fashola is a product of the
Jagaban school of the unknown. The recent
documentary on Asiwaju Bola Tinubu makes me
fear what the implications of voting Ambode is.
Governor Fashola did well in his first term and I
wondered what happened in his second term
and I figured from what I saw about Tinubu in
that documentary that Fashola may have
refused to play ball. What if Ambode decides to
play ball and gives in to Tinubu’s every whim?
Then Lagosians will be in trouble.
In Lagos, the APC collects tax indiscriminately
from traders, vocational workers, professionals
etc. They collect money from the toll gates in
Lekki which has proven to be bad business
because they have paid up to 62billion on the
Lekki-Epe Expressway road and the road is not
halfway complete.
The APC regime has been very elitist, with Tinubu
converting The General Hospital land into estate
according to the documentary and backdating
the Certificate of Occcupancy of Lagos State
lands to claim ownership of land in Lagos
anytime he wants. Even the land where the Ikeja
Mall now belongs is for him- that land originally
belonged to Lagos State.
The Lagos State Polytechnic land at Ikosi was
converted for commercial use for TV continental
and Radio continental. What sort of governance
is that? We need to try someone else who will
look at Tinubu and not be under any obligation
for his sake. Besides Agbaje is not beholden to
any godfather in the way Ambode is. People
keep referring to Bode George as his godfather. I
was surprised to hear recently from an Agbaje
campaign staff that George has not contributed a
dime to Agbaje’s campaign since he won his
primary. He doesn’t even have such wealth like
Tinubu to contribute as much. So on what basis
Would Agbaje be his stooge?
It’s evident that we need a new lease of life in
Lagos based on this message of change. Buhari
was given benefit of doubt to ensure that things
work well in Nigeria, we need to give Jimi Agbaje
that opportunity. Jimi like General Buhari has
been attempting to serve us and we need to
consider that in this season of change. We need
to be wary of people that are deliberately
selected by godfathers that have the state on
lockdown already.
Lastly, what finally made me conclude to vote
Agbaje was the outburst of the Oba of Lagos. The
Oba gathered Igbo leaders because of their
support for Jonathan and their impending
support for Agbaje and said that they will perish
in the Lagoon if they vote the way they voted last
Saturday – that is voting for Jonathan.
This is a free country. What sort of desperation
will make a retired Assistant Inspector General of
Police say that? In Nigeria when such happens,
you should know that it’s more than the
credibility of the candidate. It’s the benefit of the
ruling elite which constitutes the Oba of Lagos,
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other APC stalwarts. It’s
more than it meets the eye. I am a Yoruba man
but I will vote Agbaje and make a point to the
Oba that Nigeria is bigger than us all and we are
one people.
Godfatherism has reached a great milking level
in Lagos. We need an election of Jimi Agbaje to
cut the milking of Lagos by godfathers and
monarchs. Should Jimi Agbaje allow godfathers
to rule him? We will vote him out in 2019
because our votes now count.

JK we know
JK for Lagos

You have spoken well

Na how many of you dey give this assignment

pdp, una jut dey deceive una sef with all this ur lies.op, you are a chronic pdp follower from your posts.pls ur ridiculous copy and paste craps has failed.

lolababe331e:
Na how many of you dey give this assignment

u dey mind the jokers

How mush Jimi boy pay una

Freelancer00:
How mush Jimi boy pay una

He paid us with his integrity

who introduced jaykay to Janadaft......bode george...
CEO?? of corner shop
Park, JK pull over....hmmmm..JK...pull over.
Jimi is just kidding....

Badguytinz:

He paid us with his integrity

So 806 is greater than 863

JK is the man.

First step towards the "dubainisation" of Lagos.

#WeCanDoIt.

Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy
Oh! Jimmy!




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