Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode might have described Babajide Sanwo-Olu to whom he lost the Lagos State governorship primaries has an unfit for the office of the governor last week. But when the two men met their political benefactor Bola Tinubu at the national convention of the APC Saturday night, it was all hugs and smiles
Photos from the convention also Ambode in a good mood with his predecessor Babatunde Fashola. A source once told The Guardian that both men did not have a chummy relationship owing to Fashola’s preference for another person to succeed him.
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The National Convention, at the Eagle Square, Abuja, was for the affirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential candidate of the party for the 2019 election.
L-R Former governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola, the current governor of the state Akinwunmi Ambode, APC governorship candidate in the state Babajide Sanwo-Olu national convention at Eagles Square, Abuja on Saturday, October 6, 2018.
Former governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola embraces the current governor of the state Akinwunmi Ambode while APC governorship candidate in the state Babajide Sanwo-Olu looks on when the three met at APC’s national convention at Eagles Square, Abuja on Saturday, October 6, 2018.
Jide Sanwo-Olu, Bola Tinubu and Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode at the APC convention in Abuja. Photo: Twitter/@thecable
L-R APC governorship candidate in Lagos State, national of the APC Bola Tinubu and Lagos Stae governor Akinwunmi Ambode at the party’s national convention at Eagles Square, Abuja on Saturday, October 6, 2018.
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