Latest report indicates that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and incumbent Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola are not in good terms.

According to Punch newspaper report online, Tinubu was said to be angry with the Lagos State Governor as a result of the latter’s conduct before and during the just concluded APC governorship primary in the state.

It was disclosed that Tinubu became angry when Fashola initially told him that he did not have a particular candidate for the APC primary only to emerge much later with a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Olasupo Shahore, as his preferred candidate.



Reports had said that Akinwunmi Ambode, who polled 3,735 votes to emerge the party’s candidate for the February 2015 election, was Tinubu’s favourite.

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Other aspirants who contested for the APC ticket are Sasore; Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji; a former Commissioner for Health, Dr. Leke Pitan; an incumbent Commissioner for Works, Obafemi Hamzat; a former aide to Tinubu, Tayo Ayinde; Adekunle Disu, Mr. Wahab Tokunbo, Olanrewaju Ope and a former Commissioner for Rural Affairs, Mr. Tola Kasali.

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A source close to Tinubu informed that the APC chieftain was not only angry with Fashola, but was “disappointed in him.”

He stated that the Fashola had a right to have a candidate but what Tinubu wanted was to know his mind.

“But Fashola kept Tinubu guessing. He told him he did not have a candidate. Though there were signs and media reports that he was backing someone, but Tinubu could not be relying on media reports about the governor in a situation like this.

“In fact, Asiwaju told him that he had a candidate and sought the governor’s support for him. The governor said he had no candidate only for him to emerge with a candidate in the last minute. Asiwaju did not know where the governor stood.

“I believe with the outcome of the primary, the governor will have enough time to reflect,” the source said.



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