“I will go through the process” – Ambode expresses willingness to participate in APC primaries
Lagos State governor Akinwummi Ambode, after weeks of seeking the good eye of top party members, has stated his intention to contest in APC’s primaries for the governorship ticket on Saturday.
Ambode has been widely reported to have a strained relationship with key members of the ruling party, including Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu, as well as members of the party, were said to be in support of another candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for the governorship position, as a result.
The governor, however, said on Wednesday (today) that he was willing to go through the process of primary election.
“As our great party approaches Saturday, September 29th, 2018, earmarked for the direct primary election to choose the candidate to fly our party’s gubernatorial flag at the next general election, I am happy to restate my commitment to participate in that process having procured and submitted my nomination form and having formally declared my intention to seek a second term to continue on the path of unprecedented growth and development that our State has witnessed since 2015,” Ambode said in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan.
He said he was also approaching the founding fathers and teeming members of the party with a “grateful heart, open arms and a pledge to open and deeper attention to the concerns of this one, big family”.
The governor added that his reelection in 2019 would ensure consolidation and continuation of the work he has done so far.
The party’s primary election will hold in 20 Local Governments and 245 wards across the state on September 29.
