Babajide Sanwo-Olu, winner of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Lagos state,
says the fatherly role of Bola Tinubu, a former governor of the state, cannot
be taken for granted.
He said this while reacting to
the primary which held across the state
on Tuesday.
The APC candidate also thanked
leaders of the party at the state and national level, promising not to let them
down.
He said if elected governor,
integrity would be his watchword.
“Fellow Nigerians, I want to
thank us, thank all of you for the numerous support I have received from
everyone, I should seize this
opportunity thank everyone. But first I need to thank the Almighty God who has
kept all of us, Lagosians, Nigerians, up until this very moment; all glory,
honour and adoration goes to the Almighty God.
“I think it’s appropriate I thank
our national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who has provided the platform
for all of us, so many of us that have looked up to him, the fatherly role, a
political landscape that one cannot take for granted.
“I want to also use this opportunity
to thank the national chairman of our great party, the All Progressives
Congress, His Excellency Adams Oshiomhole and the national working committee
for giving us tremendous support, for encouraging us and for letting true
democracy reflect, for sustaining this direct primary and for letting it be the
true test of what it should be.
“In Lagos state, I think it is
appropriate to thank the entire leadership of our party from the GAC, our
numerous fathers, our uncles who have held on to this journey, who has
demonstrated leadership to the highest level, who have demonstrated impeccable
integrity at all levels, I think I owe them deep level of appreciation, I thank
you.
“I want to thank the entire
structure that we have in APC, from our national assembly members,
distinguished senators from Lagos state, members of the house of
representative, especially the majority leader and his entire team, the speaker
and members of the Lagos state house of assembly. I want to thank all the 57
chairmen and all our 57 local government areas. I want to thank all our ward
chairmen, our councillors.”
He also thanked Akinwunmi Ambode,
governor of the state, wishing him all the best during the remaining part of
his tenure.
Ambode lost the ticket to
Sanwo-Olu who polled 970,851 votes while he had 72,901 votes.
Sanwo-Olu promised to run an
inclusive government.
“I think it’s also important to
thank the executive governor of Lagos state, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode for a good
fight. I wish him the best in the remainder of his tenure,” he said.
“Lagosians, I think with what you
have done for me, I cannot take you for granted, I cannot take this mandate and
this confidence for granted, I’ll cherish it for the rest of my life but more
importantly, like I’ve always said, I’ll remain committed, I’ll keep an
inclusive government, I’ll be responsible, integrity will not run far from me
and I will not do things that in any form would make you to begin to doubt my
capacity or capability.”
He urged the electorate to come
out en masse and vote for him during the 2019 elections in order to “realise a
Lagos of our dream.”
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