Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday warned leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State against the dire consequences of denying the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode a second term, saying there was absolutely nothing to justify such move.

Osinbajo handed down the warning at a meeting of the Governors Advisory Council (GAC), the highest advisory body in the Lagos APC which was held in Lagos today.

[b]Sources at the meeting revealed that the VP unequivocally told the party leaders to be mindful of their actions, and not place personal interest above that of the masses who wants the Governor to continue in office beyond 2019.

According to an impeccable source, Osinbajo categorically said he was asked by President Muhammadu Buhari to proceed to Lagos to again appeal to APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and some leaders of the party opposed to Ambode’s second term bid to rescind the decision in the interest of the party.

The[b] source said: “Yes, the Vice President attended the GAC Meeting that took place today and told the gathering that he had been sent in by the President for the second time to come and appeal to Asiwaju (Tinubu) particularly realizing that they should stick to their best chances in Lagos for the 2019 elections.

“The Vice President actually looked at them (the GAC members) straight in the face and told them ‘you Assembly members here, you have endorsed Ambode before; GAC members, you have endorsed Ambode before; You Femi Gbajabiamila, you brought all your House of Reps members to endorse Ambode; the whole world know that you have endorsed Ambode and all of a sudden, what shall we tell the world now that Ambode has done wrong all of a sudden after all the endorsements that you have made to warrant your[/b] current position?

“The VP queried them further that will it be enough to tell the whole world that it is for our own selfish interest that we are saying that we are not going to endorse Ambode? Is it because Ambode has not performed? Ambode has performed and everybody knows that he has performed,” the source quoted Osinbajo to have told the gathering.[/b]

Corroborating the development, another source said it was true that the Vice President was totally against the decision of some party bigwigs to move against Ambode’s second term bid.

“The VP told them that in the eyes of the populace, he (Ambode) has done well and so what is it that we are now going to tell the whole world the reason for saying we are not going to support Ambode? So, does it now mean that our own personal interest should be considered larger than the interest of the masses and the State,” he said.

Tinubu, at the meeting was said to have responded that all politics was local and later threatened that he was taking another aspirant, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the party’s secretariat on Acme Road, Ogba to raise his hand as the candidate of the party.

However, Tinubu could not do so after realizing that the party members were ready to call his bluff, while he ran back and sent Senator Anthony Adefuye to make the announcement endorsing Sanwo-Olu on behalf of the GAC.

http://saharareporters.com/2018/09/30/nothing-justify-plans-deny-ambode-second-term-–-osinbajo

Ambo na the way

Osinbajo abeg no talk o. Make that thief no change am for you o.

Ambode trying hard to plant news in the media....

The dirty governor should go already...

We are not backing you one inch..

governors are incharge of party structures in their states but why is ambodes case different.
Best bet for ambode is to defect to a party that will adopt buhari as its presidential candidate for federal might and call tinubus bluff should he loose APC ticket.

To think that these guys..... deomelo, clicmarin, vedaxcool,sarkki, drabeey, modaft(modust) etc, are against Ambode, buh are all in the Buhari, who has performed a 1000 times lower than Ambode.... is a
something of a case study...

Very wise move by the VP to avoid the PDP adopting Ambode and having a very tough contest at the polls.

IMO, Samwo Olu should wait until 2023 and Ambode should also sit up and try to listen to whatever the aggrieved members of the APC are lamenting about. Even if it means reversing policies he earlier changed and improving on certain areas.

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Jokerman:
To think that these guys..... deomelo, clicmarin, vedaxcool,sarkki, drabeey, modaft(modust) etc, are against Ambode, buh are all in the Buhari, who has performed a 1000 times lower than Ambode.... is a
something of a case study...

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I have not even commented on this Ambode issue because I simply don't live in Lagos to know what is really going on there. Besides why are you people insisting on god fatherism. I trust in Lagos people capabilities in sorting this issue.

Tinubu and self interest!

I thought he had the balls to go to acme yesterday Ni, he would have gotten a glimpse of what tomorrow holds.

CilicMarin:
Ambode trying hard to plant news in the media....

The dirty governor should go already...

We are not backing you one inch..

You will tuck your tail between your legs like a petrified dog and take off when Ambode wins tomorrow.

God bless you Mr. Vice President for looking them in their eyes and telling them the truth.
This is the height of selfishness, deception and hypocrisy from Lagos APC. Am not a fan of Ambode, but the truth must be told no matter how and who it hurts.

Ambode is the best performing APC goveenor and by extension, the best performing governor in the country, which some people where shouting it all over the media space some months back, all of a sudden they started a campaign of calumny because he has fallen out of favor with their paymaster and their "god".
It's very petty, pathetic and hypocritical that those who are saying they want him out because he did not perform, are supporting Buhari with everthing they have despite performing less than Ambode.

It is also very unfortunate and worrisome, that a state as Lagos, with all the learned entities, men and women of timber and caliber, and all it's resources is still under the shackles of god father politics in this age and time.

I will not rule out his mistakes and weaknesses, especially the issue of PSP operators, and how he also handled the issue of his wife and the man of God, he messed up big time, but he should be corrected and giving a second chance.

d question is btw Aregbe &Ambode who performed beta?
hypocrisy is 2giv Aregbe 2nd term only 2stop Amode who has don beta

Lalasticlala how far...

Yoruba Muslims
Lagos governor must be Muslim
So much for the unity of Yoruba people
Christian that way Muslims this way