It was like any other meeting of good old buddies — dramatic.
They laughed heartily. They shook hands with vigour — unlike some political foes of old.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate and Jimi Agbaje, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, were joined in the exchange of banters by Obafemi Hamzat – Sanwo-Olu’s running mate.
Aides looked on with admiration as the men battling to succeed Goveror Akinwunmi Ambode held hands in a long-time-good-to-see-you manner.
It was all at a wedding engagement involving the Shodipo and Dosekun families in Lagos at the weekend.
Were the two gesticulating men bragging about their chances? Was one telling the other that he might surrender because he felt surrounded already? Were they talking about their fanatical supporters? Or, just out to show that the struggle for the driver’s seat is not a do-or-die affair?
Agbaje’s PDP has expressed its readiness to “capture” the state. The APC insists that it has given its all to the “State of Aquatic Splendour” and will not relent in taking it to greater heights and making it the pride of all.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to blow the whistle for the opening of campaigns later this month.
Will Sanwo-Olu and Agbaje as well as their supporters continue the conviviality?
