The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos has described
the endorsement of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, governorship candidate of the Labour
Party(LP), by Afenifere, as a “laughable
charade”.
On March 18, Babajide
Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos and candidate of the APC, will contest against
Olajide Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Rhodes-Vivour of
LP, for the governorship seat of the state.
In the build-up to the election, Afenifere, the Yoruba
social-cultural group declared support for the candidature of Rhodes-Vivour.
However, in a statement on Thursday, Seye Oladejo, the
spokesperson of the APC in the state, said the endorsement of the LP candidate
by the group is irrelevant and borne out of bitterness for the incumbent.
“Our attention has been drawn to a laughable charade called
the endorsement of the Labour Party’s Lagos state governorship candidate by the
factional leader of Afenifere, Chief Supo Shonibare,” Oladejo said.
“We will ordinarily have ignored this non-event but it will
be a disservice to the general public if the records are not set straight.
“The so-called endorsement by a group of attention-seeking
and a politically irrelevant group of people is ominous as they have
consistently backed the wrong horse out of malice, envy, bitterness and
political frustration.
“Our political history
is replete with many victims who lost elections as a result of the backing of
these people who lack electoral value.
“The most recent was the Labour party’s presidential
candidate, Mr Peter Obi who’s now facing
the reality of their valueless support.”
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