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AMBODE: UNEASE AT THE LAGOS APC SECRETARIAT

Mum is the word at the Lagos APC secretariat in Acme road, Ogba, Ikeja where our reporters had gone to gauge the opinion of party members over the recent tango between Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and the EFCC. Our reporter’s attempt to speak to the party’s secretary proved abortive as he evaded all the questions put to him; but one of the officials who preferred to remain anonymous gave an insight as to what might have been the likely reason behind Ambode’s ordeal with the EFCC. ‘Look our former Governor was a complete gentleman and a technocrat who knew his job; we are not happy at  what is happening to him”, he began. ‘We, here, in APC, are supposed to support him because he is our own; but because the powers that be fell out with him, it is like he must be crucified”, he told our reporters. The official went on: “You remember that Ambode had begged the powers that be before the primaries; also remember that he even enlisted bigwigs all over the country including Mr President to beg them, all to no avail”. The official then wondered: “is it now they want him to go and beg again and be humiliated further?” He continued: “ Yes, they made him Governor, but Ambode was loyal and committed; don’t forget he served for many years as Accountant General;  so you can see that he is a member of the Establishment who ought to have progressed to be  a minister like others before him, what more do they want from him?, he queried. While he was yet speaking another interested official who also preferred anonymity suggested that Ambode’s sins may not be far from his refusal to play ball on some rumoured underground deals hence he was described as “not a party man”, whatever that means. ‘Don’t forget they even stopped him from implementing the State Budget until he left”. “They prevented a serving Governor from implementing the State Budget, does that not amount to an over kill? Our reporter’s gathered that the officials are angry that “our leaders should be careful what they do with Ambode for his hands are clean”.


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