Tinubu, Kalu & Sanwo-Olu. |
Ahead
of Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly Elections, former Governor of
Abia State and Senator-elect for Abia North senatorial zone, Dr. Orji Uzor-Kalu
on Wednesday met with Igbo leaders living in Lagos.
The meeting
which ended in the wee hours of Wednesday was held at the Conference centre of
the Camp Neya country home of the former governor with over 1500 Igbo attendees
from various social and cultural Igbo organisations and groups in Lagos.
Kalu appealed to
those in attendance and Igbos living in Lagos to support the governorship
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and
added that Lagos State has continually witnessed robust development since 1999,
when Asiwaju Bola Tinubu took over the mantle of leadership in the state.
Addressing the
gathering, the Senator-elect faulted perpetrators of hate campaigns in the
state, stressing that the cultural diversity of Nigeria is an added advantage, noting
that politicians should desist from bringing tribal sentiments into politics.
Orji Kalu narrated
his long standing relationship with the APC National leaders.
He said “I
recall how Tinubu protected your markets when it was almost certain to be
demolished. All the times I had reached out to him on any Igbo related issue in
Lagos, Tinubu gives it full attention and he has continued to do that. We are
so close that even my own children, Neya, Zina and Michael lived in his house
for a long time”.
“We are
expecting that you strengthen the place of Igbos in Lagos by voting for the
APC. With President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the polls, the same victory
would be recorded in Lagos and it’s very important you all take part in that
victory.”
Dr.
Kalu Continued: The gubernatorial candidate in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is
the best choice for Lagos right now, as he warned that the “state would be
messed up should any other party clinch victory”.
According to him,
“when you talk about the future of Lagos state, you talk about the APC
receiving block votes from all quarters and especially “THE IGBOS”.
“Sanwo-Olu has
the capacity required of anyone who wants to lead a highly resourceful people
like Lagosians and amongst other candidates, he is the most competent to govern
the state, so I urge you to go out and cast your votes for him”.
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