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By Temitope Ajayi

The lessons of the current outcome of Osun election are more poignant for Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) actors than Osun political actors who will face a rerun on Thursday as announced by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

APC would have kissed Osun goodbye today if not for Osogbo result that significantly downgraded Hurricane Ede. It would have been a kiss of death!

Electorates are getting more sophisticated and any electoral permutations that do not factor the voters' behaviour will deliver nothing.
Lagos APC chieftains are behaving like spoilt brats thinking they have Lagos in the Kitty and some guys in the name of a bloc within the party can take the voters in Lagos for granted.

Attempting to replace Ambode, a performing and sitting governor of Lagos who is APC poster boy for good governance may not be too good for Lagos APC with a Jimi Agbaje resurgence.



A Jimi Agbaje on the ballot for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos can throw up the current scenario in Osun for Lagos in next year election.



Beyond the challenge from PDP in Osun, APC from field reports went to battle in Osun with a divided party. Lagos voters can punish APC next year if it turned out that vested interests who see governance as simply their personal interests can conspire to deny a governor a second term.

The Osun election result today should help the APC actors in Lagos to have some introspection and realign interests for the greater good of the party and the people of Lagos.

Osun just underscores the importance of credible candidate for both the APC and PDP. If PDP had presented Ogunbiyi there may have been a clear winner. If APC had presented a candidate without the baggage of Aregbesola too the outcome may have been different.

APC cannot afford to offend the voters in Lagos. There is already a growing resentment against the internal contradictions within the party. Whatever that suggests lack of respect for the electorates should be dropped now.
An Ambode will make Lagos an easy win for APC.

Ajayi is a Lagos-based political analyst

Stupidity is when a party is rallying round the worst performing governor in Nigeria but wants to drop its best performing governor.
Its a sign that such party is antithetic to good governance

No basis for comparison.......
Ambode never owe any worker salary for a day.

Fayose lost because of that, and if Aregbe loses because of the same reason also, then so be it.
(BUT, will the Opposition be the best Man for the Job?!
That now depends on the indigenes!)
Stop comparing Ambode with such guys.

Nice try by you tho........

Thanking God we have a President that refuses to tamper with any election result.
We are on the right path to a great Nigeria.

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Thanking God we have a President that refuses to tamper with any election result.
We are on the right path to a great Nigeria.

abi now

Op I agree with u 100%

post=71472387:
Thanking God we have a President that refuses to tamper with any election result.
We are on the right path to a great Nigeria.

abi now , if nt osun people will b in fear now

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Hector09:
Nigeria aint fool, if elections we be free and fair and the vote counted all our leaders we be performing, cus knw one want to vote for a wicked governor,

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PDP will win in Lagos state, e go shock tinubu

I told a guy in my office, if not for the fear of quick impeachment, if Ambode decamp to PDP he win. the masses are now wise they know the Governor that is working. forget the issue of vote buying, dey will just collect ur money and vote for thier choice. u can't refuse to pay salaries for 2yrs and u think people will still vote for u.

Osun election should be a lesson to PDP because any mistake in choosing their Presidential flag bearer will give APC and Buhari advantage just as it gave Osun APC a slim hope now. If PDP had chosen Ogunbiyi or even Lere in Osun the inconclusive saga would not have appeared

NNAMDIII:
PDP will win in Lagos state, e go shock tinubu

...........in your wildest dreams !

They won't learn anything because they will rather perfect their rigging strategy to subvert the will of the people in 2019

So much about the boisterous and revered ‘mandate group’ that can not win an election...

Abeg I need me a nephew like Davido!

eyeview:
Stupidity is when a party is rallying round the worst performing governor in Nigeria but wants to drop its best performing governor.
Its a sign that such party is antithetic to good governance

who is the best performing..? Dont go there man

Antoeni:
By Temitope Ajayi



Attempting to replace Ambode, a performing and sitting governor of Lagos who is APC poster boy for good governance may not be too good for Lagos APC with a Jimi Agbaje resurgence.

the person that wrote this trash is sick

No matter what, people's choice will be manifested because we have a man of integrity at the helm of affairs, he doesn't believe in meddling and tampering with people's will.

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Aregbesola was a terrible disaster as a governor, let all those clowns who were here defending him learn that too

Its not really all about party again

If you don't perform you will be kicked out


In Lagos I don't think ambode has done badly,just because he refuse to share the money round


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I think Buhari and Aregbesola are not interested in election malpractice...


Good for our democracy.

Tinubu will not listen

after Lagos

next will be imo and kogi

Politics

I just hate this party

eyeview:
Stupidity is when a party is rallying round the worst performing governor in Nigeria but wants to drop its best performing governor.
Its a sign that such party is antithetic to good governance

can you list the achievement of ambode in education?

And also tell me what he has done in badagry and ikorodu.

Ambode that relocated a port fashola wanted to build at badagry,ambode moved the port to epe

APC will fall come 2019... Gosh that party is demonic

Perfect analysis by the OP. Jimi Agbaje and Babatunde Fashola's gubernatorial debate of 2007 was the best live debate I've ever watched in Nigerian Politics. The only reason Jimi Agbaje lost the election was because APC (then AC) was united in bringing down the strangehold of the PDP.

Agbaje is just unlucky to be on the losing side each time, and if APC does not fix up their internal mess before 2019, that man Jimi Agbaje will not only defeat Otedola for the PDP candidate for Lagos State Governor, but will WIN THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION. A divided APC cannot stand against a PDP bent on regaining power.

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No basis for comparison.......

Ambode never owe any worker salary for a day.

Fayose lost because of that, and if Aregbe loses because of the same reason also, then so be it.
Stop comparing Ambode with such guys.

Nice try by you tho........

Dumb

APC is the opposite of success.

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