FACT CHECK: Did Sanwo-Olu promise to end Apapa gridlock in 60 days? VIDEO

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Victor Ogunyinka

There has been a debate as to whether the governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, categorically said he would decongest Apapa in 60 days.

Sanwo-Olu, Apapa

A report, on major media, on May 19, had suggested that Sanwo-Olu said he was going to decongest the Oshodi-Apapa road, but exactly a month after, it was widely reported that the governor made a U-turn on his initial promise.

According to a medium, Sanwo-Olu made the promise during an interactive session with his classmates at the Executive Master of Business Administration class, University of Lagos, 1998/2000 set.

The medium quoted the governor to have said: “The Apapa trailer issue; it’s a campaign issue; it’s very serious; I’m going to take it very seriously.

“I believe that it is something that we are going to solve in the first 60 days of our government. Whatever is going to be required of us, we will take them out.

“There is a lot of politics being played around there. But no, it cannot be the way we’ll…



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