BREAKING: Ambode Declares, ‘I’m Ready For Gov Primary’

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state has put to rest speculations if he would participate in the All Progressives Congress governorship direct primary election slated for Saturday by declaring on Wednesday, ‘I’m ready for primary.’

Ambode made his stance known in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan.

The governor said he is restating his readiness in line with the choice of the party in Lagos State and the validation given to the direct primary preference by the Governor’s Advisory Council.

“As our great party approaches Saturday, September 29th, 2018, earmarked for the direct primary election to choose the candidate to fly our party’s gubernatorial flag at the next general election, I am happy to restate my commitment to participate in that process having procured and submitted my nomination form and having formally declared my intention to seek a second term to continue on the path of unprecedented growth and development that our State has witnessed since 2015”.

The statement added that the governor in seeking re-election is approaching the founding fathers and teeming members of the party with a “grateful heart, open arms and a pledge to open and deeper attention to the concerns of this one, big family”.

He expressed the hope of clinching the party’s ticket in order to guarantee the stability of the state’s growing economy; ensure the continuation of the growth and development it has witnessed over time and ensure that the opposition does not take root in the State.

Ambode congratulated his co-contestants for their courage and commitment to the party and urges party faithful to come out en masse and vote peacefully in all the 20 local governments and 245 wards where the election will take place.