Chairman of Forte Oil, Femi Otedola, has denied rumours that he plans to contest for the governorship of Lagos State.
The 55-year-old says instead that incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is doing a commendable job and Lagosians should be proud of him.
Rumours that the oil mogul wants to become the next governor of Lagos gathered momentum after a video of him riding in a molue bus went viral on Wednesday.
The populist move was seen as a ploy to win Lagosians over ahead of the 2019 governorship election.
But in a series of tweets on Friday morning, the father of four denied nursing any such ambition.
“My attention has been drawn to a news piece where false information from a parody account was posted. I am a man of the people and I will always be on the side of the masses but I am stating clearly via this medium that I am not running for office,” he tweeted.
My attention has been drawn to a news piece where false information from a parody account was posted. I am a man of the people and I will always be on the side of the masses but I am stating clearly via this medium that I am not running for office.
— Femi Ote$ (@realFemiOtedola) May 17, 2018
The Governor of Lagos State is doing a commendable job and Lagosians should be proud of him.
— Femi Ote$ (@realFemiOtedola) May 17, 2018
Otedola is from the Epe Division of Lagos just like Ambode.
His father, late Michael Otedola, was a civilian governor of the state from January 1992 to November 1993 under the military regime of Gen Ibrahim Babangida.
