The All Progressives governorship candidate in Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, has congratulated and thanked the people of the state for voting out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Presidential election.
Ambode’ whose main challenger in the Aprill 11, 2015 gubernatorial election is PDP’s Jimi Agbaje, said he is particularly grateful that the people of Lagos against all odds headed his plea for them to vote out the government at the centre for non-performance and lack of ideas displayed in the management of the affairs of the nation for the past 16 years which grew worse in the last five years.
He went further to explain that the concept of change was midwife in Lagos and has been birthed in the nation with the unprecedented success of the APC in the presidential election, the first of its kind in Nigeria where an incumbent had been roundly defeated and peacefully displaced from power.
Ambode said the APC deserves to continue in Lagos to consolidate on its excellent performance in spite of the hostile federal might faced for the past 16 years.
In his words, “this rare feat achieved by the people of Nigeria is a fulfilment of the prediction of the late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo that a day would come when the best of the progressives and the conservatives would come together to provide an excellent future for Nigeria. This has been made possible by the resilience of the people of Nigeria and our dear people of Lagos.”
