From Ayodele Samuel, Lagos
A Lagos State gubernatorial aspirant and former Accountant General of the state, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, will today, Friday 24 October, formally declare his intention to contest the office of the governor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
A statement issued by the campaign office of Ambode, who was the first aspirant to pick an Expression of Interest Nomination form towards the 15 November APC primaries, said that the declaration will take place at the Onikan Stadium at 10:00 a.m.
Ambode’s declaration is coming on the heels of the massive endorsement that he got from Islamic clerics in Lagos State on Tuesday at the Blue Roof, Lagos State Television Complex, Agidingbi, Ikeja.
The approval to use Onikan Stadium for the declaration was personally granted by Governor Babatunde Fashola, who wrote glowingly about the civil service career of Ambode when the aspirant voluntarily retired in 2012.
“Tomorrow’s declaration, which is expected to be a carnival-like endorsement of Ambode by stakeholders from all the 57 council areas in Lagos State is an opportunity for the frontline aspirant to thank party stalwarts, who have given him good reception during his year-long consultation and to sell his five-point agenda of Continuity and Consolidation to Lagosians,” the campaign office stated.
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