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Lagos Guber: Just Like Peter Obi, Rhodes-Vivour Will Fail In Lagos – APC

by Victor Ndubuisi
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the support of the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, by the state’s Afenifere leader, Supo Shonibare, as meaningless.

According to Hon. Seye Oladejo, spokesman for the Lagos APC, much as Peter Obi did not win the presidential election despite the support of the Afenifere national leadership, Rhodes-Vivour would similarly lose in Lagos.

The APC also blasted Afenifere’s endorsement as ridiculous and dead on arrival.

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The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, has endorsed Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos State.

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The Lagos-based organisation pledged its support for Rhodes-Vivour ahead of the state’s governorship election on March 18.

Supo Shonibare, the state’s Afenifere chairman, made the announcement at a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday.

Shonibare said that the election is not supposed to be a tribal conflict, but rather a contest of ideas, and that Lagos people should avoid provocative social media posts because those who spread them seek to put Yorubas against Igbos.

Shonibare informed Lagosians that if elected governor of Lagos, Rhodes-Vivour will construct an all-inclusive government that would create an enabling atmosphere for all ethnic nations.

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But, in a statement issued on Thursday, the APC stated that Afenifere has once again expressed support for the wrong candidate.

Oladejo, speaking on behalf of the APC, accused Afenifere of engaging in politics based on hate, envy, bitterness, and dissatisfaction.

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He said, “Our attention has been drawn to a laughable charade called the endorsement of the Labour Party’s Lagos state governorship candidate, Chinedu Rhodes-Vivour, by the factional leader of Afenifere, Supo Shonibare.

“We would ordinarily have ignored this non-event but it will be a disservice to the general public if the records are not set straight.

“The so-called endorsement by attention-seeking and politically irrelevant people is ominous as they have consistently backed the wrong horse out of malice, envy, bitterness, and political frustration.

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“Our political history is replete with many victims who lost elections due to the backing of these people who lack electoral value.”

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He added, “The most recent was the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who’s now facing the reality of their valueless support.

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“It underscores the group as an agent of confusion and retrogression.

“As elders and purported stakeholders in Lagos State, it was difficult to acknowledge the landmark achievements of the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu across the famed THEMES agenda.

“They sacrificed on the altar of bitter politics his proactiveness during the scourge of Covid-19, the inauguration of the light blue rail and Imota Rice Mill, massive construction of roads across the state, great investments in education, healthcare, the environment, transportation, entertainment, youth, and social development, women empowerment sports, tourism, science, and technology. Thankfully, Lagosians, who are the ultimate deciders, know better.

“Your recommendation of a candidate whose pedigree, antecedent, and political experience is shrouded in mystery is dead on arrival.”

The statement accused the LP candidate of trying to reap where he did not sow, further accusing him of a relationship with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

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“Lagosians will at the polls massively reject a candidate known not to identify with his purported heritage and needed historians to weave together some tales by moonlight to sell him to a people he can not even speak their language.

“At this time and age, it’s not sufficient to make the exploits of his progenitors his selling points to administer the fifth-largest economy in Africa.

“Lagosians are begging for answers as regards his role during the destructive EndSARS protest and his relationship with IPOB,” APC submitted.

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