This is really not the best time for Ambode, the governor of Lagos state as the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria in Lagos State on Tuesday threw its weight behind a governorship aspirant in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Jide Sanwo-Olu.

The waste managers made their intention known at a press conference in Mushin, Lagos.

The operators had in the last two years been at loggerheads with the Akinwunmi Ambode administration after the governor contracted a foreign company, Visionscape, to manage waste in the state.

Mr Sanwo-Olu, an aspirant believed to be enjoying the support of APC leader Bola Tinubu and the party’s influential Mandate Group, will be contesting the ticket of the party against the incumbent.

The embattled governor, Mr Ambode is perhaps fighting his fiercest political battle as reports said his relationship with Mr Tinubu and key members of the Lagos APC has become strained.

Recently the governorship aspirant, Mr Sanwo-Olu was endorsed by Mandate Group, said to be loyal to Mr Tinubu.

On Tuesday, the PSP operators noted that Mr Sanwo-Olu, if voted in to replace Mr Ambode, would restore their jobs, according to Punch newspaper.

The vice chairman of the association, David Oriyomi, who addressed journalists alongside other executive members of AWAM, said the decision to back Mr Sanwo-Olu was in the interest of about 25,000 workers engaged by the 350 PSP operators, who he said had lost their jobs due to the change in contract.

According to Mr Oriyomi, about 150,000 voters at the grassroots belong to the association and they will all be mobilised to support Mr Sanwo-Olu and elect him governor.

Mr Sanwo-Olu, he added, would not only return them to their positions as waste managers, he would clean up Lagos.

According to him, the remover of PSP operators in the state was an injustice, which.......

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If this is true, then it is obvious that they are paid, who knows Sanwo-olu, not until Tinubu endorsed him did he become popular. Ambode is not in trouble, Sanwo-olu is

Political treachery can be really disgusting.

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