SENATE Committee on Local Content Chairman Senator Solomon Adeola (Lagos West) has joined the clamour for Babajide Sanwo-Olu to fly the party’s flag in the 2019 Lagos State governorship election.
Adeola, who represents the largest senatorial district in Nigeria in terms of population (over 12 million constituents), at an emergency meeting with his supporters in his Ikeja Office, said his decision was informed by the overwhelming wishes of his constituents and All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in his senatorial district as well as in Lagos State.
“As we approach the 2019 general election, we must carry all our members along. Whatever the party directs is what we are going to do and I am aligning myself with the wishes of my followers who have all bought into the idea and vision of fielding Sanwo-Olu as the candidate of APC in Lagos State come 2019” he stated.
Adeola urged his followers and supporters to vote for Sanwo-Olu and the party’s position in the other primaries as they become known
The senator stressed that it was clear that Lagos State remain solidly on the side of APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and in the forefront of the progressive fold of APC in Nigeria.
“Let everyone who has ears know that I am for Babajide Sanwo-Olu for governor. The criticism against Sanwo-Olu is just a distraction. The leaders of the party have spoken and we have aligned ourselves with their decision,” Adeola said.
He said he is a beneficiary of the established leadership progression in the progressive fold of APC and he would always abide by the dictates of the party.
