Apprehension, horse-trading ahead of Lagos gov’ship poll
There is uneasy calm in the camp of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress , Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in Lagos State, five days to the all-important governorship election.he outcome of penultimate Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections has thrown up permutations, intrigues and frenzies over the conduct of the last leg of elections amidst what observers call “the onslaught from the opposition PDP.
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