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| Mr. Jimi Agbaje | credits: twitter.com |
The Lagos State governorship candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, on Thursday, said he
will defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Akinwunmi
Ambode, in the February 28 governorship election.
He said he was contesting against a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Governor Babatunde Fashola and Ambode.
Agbaje, however, boasted that he would crush the three of them.
Speaking at a rally in Amuwo-Odofin and
Apapa areas of Lagos, Agbaje said attacks against him by the APC would
not deter him from winning the elections.
“One by one, I will give Tinubu, Fashola and Ambode a total knockout,” he said to cheers from his supporters.
Describing Tinubu as the puppeteer of
Fashola and Ambode, Agbaje said it was strange to be described as too
old to be a governor, citing the age of the APC presidential candidate,
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
He said Fashola’s claim that he defaulted in the payment of tax was a true reflection of the desperation of the APC.
Agbaje said, “To do well is for our
children to pass their exams. To do well is for poor people to have
houses they can afford. To do well is for people to have a suitable
environment to do their trades and run their businesses. Whether they
worked hard or not is not the issue. They have worked hard but they have
failed. This election, God has given it to us. They cannot continue. To
continue is when you have passed.
“This election is not about experience
but qualification. Jimi Agbaje does not have experience for political
office, but he is qualified to lead Lagos. They say I don’t have
government experience. Tinubu was just a senator for three months before
becoming governor. For me, what is most important is qualification and I
am qualified to be Lagos State governor.”
Agbaje flayed the Fashola administration, saying his policies had caused hardship for Lagosians.
He assured non-indigenes in the state that his administration would not encourage discrimination.
Agbaje said, “Trying to deport strangers from Lagos is like trying to stop the flow of a river with your hand. Is it possible?”
He also promised that the Lagos State
Traffic Management Authority would be rebranded and not scrapped,
saying, “the problem with the agency is that it had strayed from its
statutory duty of traffic management to imposing draconian fines on
motorists in order to generate funds for the government.”
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