Lagos governorship primary: All hope not lost for Ambode, says campaign group
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237 councillors were here at our meeting and they have endorsed ambode1 the akinwunmi ambode mandate support group amsg on saturday said ambode is capable of winning the governorship primary of the all progressives congress apc in lagos state rescheduled for monday1 sulaimon said that the governor had huge supporters across the state1 he said supporters of ambode held meetings across all 20 local governments and 37 local council development areasnon friday and the support for the governor was overwhelming1 there is huge affirmation and support for ambode across the state as stakeholders expressed readiness to work for his emergence as the governorship candidate of the apc and the governor of lagos for a second term1 sulaimon said while amsg was not against endorsement for sanwo-olu as it was part of democracy some of the endorsement information being given out were incorrect1 he said that the chairman of conference 57 mrs omolola essien was at its meeting on friday to say that chairmen of the 57 councils in lagos state would support ambodes second term aspiration1 we also had 200 ward chairmen coming here to endorse ambode. what constitutes the structure of the party is the ward chairmen lga chairmen and councillors1 the director-general of amsg mr hakeem sulaimon at a news conference in ikeja on saturday said ambode was not worried about purported endorsement of mr babajide sanwo-olu ahead of the primary by some groups1 they said they have realised that it was ambode that they should support he said1 sulaimon added that the ndigbos and other igbo support groups in the party were garnering support for ambode1 the community development associations cdas and community development committees cdcs have also thrown their weight behind the governor1 the cdas and cdcs are the biggest grassroots groups we have 3900 cdas in lagos state and they have openly endorsed ambode1 their representatives were at our meeting to again affirm their support for ambode1 we are supposed to have a direct primary and this means that all wards will participate he said1 sulaimon said ambode had asked his supporters to remain calm and peaceful1 he said the will of the people would prevail at the end of the day when ambode emerges the flagbearer of the apc for next years governorship election in lagos1