Why Sanwo-Olu should be re-elected — Afenifere

Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has asked the electorate in Lagos State to vote Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term in office so that the state will not become an opposition state. Afenifere argued that Mr Sanwo-Olu, who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had performed creditably in terms of […]

Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has asked the electorate in Lagos State to vote Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term in office so that the state will not become an opposition state.

Afenifere argued that Mr Sanwo-Olu, who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had performed creditably in terms of development and deserved a second term.

In a statement signed by his Administrative Secretary, Chief Oladiran Adesua, the leader of the apex Yoruba group, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, said an extension (Lagos) of Yorubaland and the economic hub of Nigeria could not afford to be in opposition with the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the president-elect.

Part of the statement reads: “I, therefore, wish to add my voice to those of other patriotic Lagosians who believe that there is a need for continuity in the state by lending my support to the second term bid of Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu as Governor of Lagos State.

“In addition, I believe that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as APC president will benefit Lagos State more if the state has an APC governor to complement whatever the president has for Lagos State.”