Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says “O to ge”, the slogan used to dislodge Senate President Bukola Saraki is not applicable in Lagos.

Loosely translated as “enough is enough”, the slogan yielded massive rewards for Kwara APC as the party displaced all the three sitting senators in the state, won all house of reps seats and President Muhammadu Buhari defeated Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), with over 150,000 votes in the state.

Some politicians and activists opposed to Tinubu had attempted to use a similar strategy to stop the emergence of Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his preferred candidate.

But fielding questions from reporters after casting his ballot at polling unit 047, ward 3, Ikeja local government area of the state, Tinubu said in Lagos, the people should consider “o to pe”, translated as “it’s worthy of praise”.

He said there is a limit to copying concepts from other states, expressing confidence that his party would emerge victorious in the exercise.

“The O to ge slogan is for Ilorin; Lagos is not Kwara state, and there is a limit to copying. Lagos should be O to pe, not O Toge,” he said.

“We are going to win because we are the only party in Lagos state, others are pretenders; they come and they will go away. Leopard cannot change his skin.

“Lagos belongs to the progressives; we are progressives and we will remain progressives. For Lagos, it has seen tremendous development since I was the governor; before then, the highest internally generated revenue (IGR) was N600 million, per month, now it is over N30 billion.

“No other state has achieved what we have achieved, financial independence, as Lagos state; no other nation, they all depend on allocation from the federal government. Lagos State today will not depend on any allocation before we take care of capital needs; we build roads and bridges everywhere from Oregun to many parts of the state.

“The real estate value of Lagos state has exponentially increased than any other state in the federation. We are the fifth largest economy in Africa; let me see that governor who will do better than that.”

Tinubu said the the violence which erupted in the Okota area of state during the presidential and national assembly elections, is not enough to give the impression that the state is prone to violence.

He blamed the media of giving hype to negative stories, saying that such attributes would not bring the necessary progress.

“I take exception to what happened in Okota two weeks ago. I am very upset about that incidence placing Lagos as if we are violent-prone,” he said.

“We have about 1,325 polling units in Lagos State and only five units were affected in Okota. That should not mean that the election was a failure in the state.

“If we should rate it, the election should be about 97 per cent rate of success if right mentally. An incident in Okota should not be used to generalise the whole election in Lagos State.

“The success rate should have been the story, not the ugly incident that should be the story. For the media, how can five units out of 1,325 units constitute a violent election and were given hype that Lagos is violent; we cannot do justice to that.

“How can we have development to the economy and the medium of information? In terms of security, Lagos has always been ready to celebrate democracy, and violence free. The security officials are doing well and the INEC has started well too with the logistics well managed.

“We will continue to welcome everybody to Lagos State. We cannot stop people from coming to the state. If Lagos is not good enough, they won’t come. If the state is plagued with disease or insecurity or unemployment, people won’t come. Those leaving their states to come to Lagos are welcome, they are not a threat.”


https://www.thecable.ng/this-is-not-kwara-tinubu-kicks-against-o-to-ge-in-lagos/amp

Just now

O'toge is like polio to him.. Kick against it

Nothing last forever...

This tinubu ugly shaa. I hope e children no resemble am

Opolo eyes is not an Open eye .

Criminal looter. Your time will soon come to an END as nothing last forever.

Very funny how dilector's boys from the yeast thought they could begin an 'O TO GE' movement in far away westside.

Crazy how I saw 2 Igbo yoots telling themselves how 'O TO GE' would happen in lagos today.

What is good for the goose is also good for the gander

So he gave himself otope and gave Kwarans otoge...what a staunch display of hypocrisy and selfishness!!!

This guy deserve PhD In politics ,number one tuale

Asiwaju awon ole, gbewiri!

Let's wait and see

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One day it will.. Only a matter of time..

God bless the Jagaban of Borgu

Jagaban himself

Jagaban, I greet you.

aljharem:
God bless the Jagaban of Borgu

Wetin dis one dey talk?

God bless You Asiwaju. Without you and a few other committed progressives, Nigeria would have remained a one-party state under PDP. Only fools will not appreciate your efforts. Ride on sir, we are with you all the way

ok

Lagos is very surprising. ..... with all the sabi sabi people there, they allowed one man become OWNER and OLE for so long

Mad Man

The frog eyed- cocaine sniffer with chronic halitosis has spoken.

Imagine

Pride comes before a fall, one day you will die and all your ill gotten wealth will be shared amongst your wives and concubines. That's when Remi will sharpally arrange one sharp bobo to shine her Congo.

scammer
take aways the seaports
and what you have is osun state


overhyped state
with mad traffic problems, garbage, poor water, low standard of living everywhere

o to ge to who in Lagos?

O to ge

Who are those shouting "O to ge" in Lagos? There pig has started pulling down the fence o. If I... Let them go to Enugu and Abia and dance to "o to ge " over there