Lagos State governorship
candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has cautioned his opponent, Jimi Agbaje, against
instigating ethnic tensions in the state ahead of the March 2, 2019 election.
Agbaje, the candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), kicked up a storm when he took to his Twitter
account (@jimiagbaje) late on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, to tackle Sanwo-Olu,
the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), over a television
interview.
In a series of tweets, Agbaje
cast doubts over Sanwo-Olu's candidacy and accused him of being a figurehead
who belongs to a political cabal that has failed to develop Lagos State in 20
years.
While also reacting to
Sanwo-Olu's claim during his interview that Lagos does not dislike its
population of Igbo people from the southeast region, Agbaje tweeted that the
electorate has not forgotten a previous threat against Igbos by a Yoruba
monarch who supports APC.
He tweeted, "On Lagos
and the Igbos: The narrative that Lagos dislikes the Igbos is extremely false.
"Oh yes, Lagos does not
dislike the Igbos, your political establishment does. The royal utterance of
2015 is still fresh on the mind of the entire electorate.
"He now works with the
presidency. You must have been too busy or completely oblivious to be referring
to him in present tense."
The 'royal utterance' Agbaje referred to was a controversial statement made by Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, in 2015 when he threatened Igbos to vote for then-APC candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode. The monarch had said Igbos would perish in the lagoon if they didn't vote for the APC candidate who eventually won the election over Agbaje.On Lagos and the Igbos: The narrative that Lagos dislikes the Igbos is extremely false.— Jimi Agbaje (@jimiagbaje) December 11, 2018
Oh yes, Lagos does not dislike the Igbos, your political establishment does. The royal utterance of 2015 is still fresh on the mind of the entire electorate.
"On Saturday, if anyone of
you, I swear in the name of God, goes against my wish that Ambode will be the
next governor of Lagos State, the person is going to die inside this
water," he had said.
Among other comments made by
Agbaje in his Twitter thread, Sanwo-Olu took to his own Twitter account (@jidesanwoolu) early
on Wednesday, December 12, to caution his opponent on his utterances.
He warned that the campaign
should be issue-based and not an avenue to instigate ethnic tensions in the
state.
"This election will be about
who has the best credentials to lead Lagos at this time of our development. It
won't be about who can dish out the most insults or tell the most lies.
"It will also not be about
who can instigate ethnic tensions between the Yorubas and the Igbos,"he
posted.
He concluded that there's a level of decency that is expected of Agbaje and urged him to focus on selling himself as the best candidate for the job.Our campaign should be about important issues that affect the lives of our people; what we are bringing to the table to make life more meaningful to Lagosians.— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) December 12, 2018
The battle to become the next
Lagos governor in 2019 is primed to be a showdown between Sanwo-Olu and Agbaje
Which tension? we don't want to hear anything call APC in Nigeria again, leave Jimi Agbaje alone, we are going to vote our conscience since Ambode has been kick out of the game
ReplyDeleteBut Agbaje is saying nothing but the truth
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