Get Guardian on GoogleFormer Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has said the South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA) is confident of delivering 3.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu and the Lagos State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, in the 2027 general election.
Obanikoro gave the assurance while addressing supporters at the launch of SWAGA 2.0 in Ikeja, where he said the large turnout at the event demonstrated the group’s capacity to mobilise support for APC candidates.
He described the crowd as evidence that SWAGA’s target was achievable, insisting that the group was not merely dreaming but had the organisational strength to deliver the projected votes.
The former minister also expressed confidence that the APC would retain Lagos in 2027, saying the party would not allow the opposition to take control of the state again, in an apparent reference to the 2023 governorship election.
Obanikoro, who said he was part of the political leadership that took over Lagos in 1999, attributed the state’s revenue growth to Tinubu’s leadership, planning and the continuity of successive administrations.
He recalled that Lagos generated about N440 million internally when the APC-led administration began in 1999, adding that the figure rose to more than N1 billion within six months of Tinubu’s emergence as governor.
He further claimed that Lagos now generates close to N100 billion monthly and has surpassed N1 trillion yearly, describing the growth as evidence of the economic reforms and governance model introduced by Tinubu.
Obanikoro urged SWAGA members to extend their mobilisation efforts to communities across the state, saying Tinubu’s re-election would help spread prosperity across Nigeria, regardless of people’s backgrounds or places of origin.
