The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State said yesterday the endorsement of Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Chinedu Rhodes-Vivour, by the factional Afenifere leader, Chief Supo Shonibare, is laughable.
The chapter said Shonibare lacked electoral value, adding that he and his group were seeking attention and were politically-irrelevant.
“They have consistently backed the wrong horse out of malice, envy, bitterness and political frustration.”
Lagos APC said in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo that the nation’s history was replete with many victims, who lost elections “as a result of backing these people who lack electoral value.”
He recalled that the factional Afenifere had backed the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who’s now facing the reality of their valueless support.
Oladejo described the faction as an agent of confusion and retrogression, saying: “As elders and purported stakeholders in Lagos State, it is difficult to acknowledge the landmark achievements of the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, across the famed THEMES agenda.”
He said they had sacrificed on the altar of bitter politics, the governor’s achievements.
Highlighting Sanwo-Olu’s feats, Oladejo drew attention to his proactiveness during COVID-19 pandemic, the inauguration of the light blue rail and Imota rice mill, massive building of roads across the state, great investments in education, health care, the environment, transportation, entertainment, youth and social development, women empowerment sports, tourism, science and technology.
He said Lagosians, the ultimate deciders, know better.
Oladejo added: “Your recommendation of a candidate, whose pedigree, antecedent and political experience are shrouded in mystery, is dead on arrival.
“Lagosians will at the polls reject a candidate, who has been 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 cannot even speak their language.
“It’s definitely not sufficient, at this time and age, 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 the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB).”