- The governorship candidate of APC in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the state is not under bondage
- Sanwo-Olu maintained that the state has since moved away from the era of slavery to the time of prosperity
- Governorship candidate of PDP in the state, Jimi Agbaje, recently vowed to flatly defeat APC's candidate in 2019 election
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, asked the residents to reject Peoples Democratic Party slavery mentality that it represent saying the state is not under bondage.
The Punch reports that he made this known on Sunday, December 2, during a visit to the Akran of Badagry, Aholu De Wheno Menu Toyi 1.
Sanwo-Olu, who was accompanied on the Badagry visit by his running mate, Hamzat Babafemi, said the state was not under bondage.
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He said: “Some have started talking about freedom and insinuated that Lagos is in bondage. Unfortunately, we cannot begin to talk about freedom in the 21st century.
“This is insulting to humanity and the people of Lagos especially because slavery and bondage were abolished in Badagry several decades ago.
“When they talk about freedom, we ask them freedom from what? We have had our freedom and everyone in Lagos is free. We have since moved away from the era of slavery to era of prosperity with deep-seated aspiration for a greater Lagos.”
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The APC candidate said he had identified 50 gridlock-prone points on Lagos roads, adding that he had developed a traffic management plan to reduce travel time.
He noted that a citizen engagement platform would be activated to allow people present ideas that would make Lagos better.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that governorship candidate of PDP in Lagos state, Jimi Agbaje, vowed to flatly defeat his APC counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-olu, in 2019 election.
A confident Agbaje said this while addressing his supporters at the formal declaration of his ambition in Lagos.
Agbaje is very optimistic that 2019 would bring victory for him, after two failed attempts at the position in the past. Agbaje promised to shock the APC and its candidate in the election.
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Source: Legit.ng