Akiolu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will never produce
a governor in Lagos State, Nigeria's commercial capital.
Since the return to democratic system of government in 1999, Lagos,
estimated to have a population of over nine million people, has
consistently been ruled by the opposition. The PDP has however,
reiterated its commitment to change the status quo by dislodging the
ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming elections.
Speaking as the chief launcher of the autobiography of the former
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mustapha Akanbi (retd), at
the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja on Wednesday, the revered monarch said
Lagos would continue to be under the control of All Progressive
Congress, APC.
"Recently, I told Bode George, (Musiliu) Koro and (Adeseye) Ogunlewe
that 'Look at me o! You will never win Lagos'. God will give us
another APC governor", Oba Akiolu said.
The monarch, whose comment elicited some form of excitement from the
audience, recalled that he became Oba of Lagos through divine
intervention and not by financial inducement or political connection.
The retired police officer revealed that "some justices of the Supreme
court, including (Alfa) Belgore, (Lawal) Uwais and (Mustapha) Akanbi
came to me and told me that they intend to go and see the president,
but I told them with due respect that, that is where God wants me to
be.
"One of them, Wali held my hand, and prayed, saying that within one
year, you will see what God will do in your life, and exactly a year
later, my father, the late Oba, joined his ancestors.
"Governor Tinubu came and said don't give anyone any money to be Oba,
if it is yours, it will surely come and that is how I became the Oba,
even though President (Olusegun) Obasanjo was against me", the Oba
said.
Mr. Obasanjo, who was chairman of the occasion and was seated at the
high table with the monarch, simply chuckled in his seat.
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