A total of 1,960 personnel have
been trained to serve as agents of Akinwumi Ambode, governor of Lagos state,
during the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary.
APC members in the state would
choose candidate of the party for the 2019 election through direct primary on
Saturday.
According to a statement from the
Ambode Campaign Organisation (ACO), the agents have been selected and trained
“to be the eyes and ears of Governor Ambode as the candidate of choice in the
primary election.”
The statement added that while
being vigilant and uncompromising, the agents have been tutored to conduct
themselves in a peaceful and orderly manner in all the “245 wards in the
constitutionally recognised 20 Local government areas where the primary
election is expected to take place”.
Ambode had on Wednesday affirmed
his readiness to participate in the
election, amid reports that he has lost the goodwill of Bola Tinubu, his
estranged godfather and a national leader of the APC.
“The governor’s position has sent
jubilation and encouragement to the teeming supporters of the governor who
believe that Governor Ambode deserves a second term in office in order to
consolidate on his numerous landmark socio-infrastructural achievements in the
past three and half years,” the statement read.
“In his declaration on Wednesday,
Ambode had stated his intention to seek re-election with a “grateful heart,
open arms and a pledge to open and deeper attention to the concerns of this
one, big family.”
“He also stated that a return of
the party’s ticket to him will ‘guarantee the stability of the state’s growing
economy; ensure continuation of the growth and development it has witnessed
over time and ensure that the opposition does not take root in Lagos State’.”
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