By Bolaji Buhari/Lagos
An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday said he did not believe national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, would ask him to backpedal on his ambition.
Sanwo-Olu made the statement during an interactive session with newsmen in Lagos.
A journalist had asked him whether he would step down his ambition if Tinubu asked him do so.
NAN reports that Sanwo-Olu, a former Commissioner for Training and Establishment, was reported to have been adopted by party chieftains loyal to Tinubu and the 57 council chairmen to puncture the second-term bid of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode.
Ambode had declared his second-term bid on Monday, while Dr Obafemi Hamzat, a former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, had also obtained and submitted his nomination form for the race.
The state party chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun had told…
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