Ambode Fights Back, Sanwo-Olu Arrested In US Over Fake Dollars

The race for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, took a new turn on Sunday after governor Akinwunmi Ambode slammed his opponent in the race Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Addressing a press conference at government house, Alausa, Ikeja, Ambode said Sanwo-Olu is not fit for the number one office in the state.

Ambode said Sanwo-Olu, who is the anointed governorship candidate of Ahmed Bola Tinubu in 2019, has a criminal record in the United States and was once admitted in a rehabilitation center.

While appealing to the leadership of the party in the state, the governor claimed that Sanwo-olu was arrested in the United States for spending fake dollars in a club.

He said the APC leadership in the state should have a “rethink” and to “do the right thing”, for the future of the state.

“We have never responded to the campaign of calumny on social media. We have one family in APC. The aspirant being put up to compete against us is not a fit and proper person to take this job,” he said.

“I have done everything in the last three and half years to serve people selflessly and to serve the poor.

“This particular aspirant is somebody that has been arrested for spend fake dollars in a nightclub in America, and he has been detained for months.

“He doesn’t have the competence to do what he is being propelled to do. This is somebody that has gone for rehabilitation before. The records are there at the Gbagada General Hospital. We don’t want to go to far. Our leadership should have a rethink.

“I plead with our leaders to have a rethink, It is not about me, it is about the opportunity that APC has.”

The Lagos State APC governorship primary is scheduled to hold for tomorrow, Monday, October 1, 2018.