Don't be swayed by false narratives. The upcoming governorship election in Lagos is NOT about Igbo takeover. All major candidates are Yoruba. This is a referendum on Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 24-year vice grip on Lagos politics.. LagosVotes LagosDecides2023
With governorship elections slated for Saturday, 11 March, 2023 there is tension in many states where the elections have become too close to call.With governorship elections slated for Saturday, 18 March, 2023 there is tension in many states where the elections have become too close to call.
Nationwide, Obi’s strong showing which, according to disputed results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission , placed him third with 6,201,533 to Atiku’s 6,954,520 while Tinubu had 8,794,726 rubbished those who had dismissed Obi as lacking structures and therefore a non starter. Apart from winning in 11 states, it is significant that the Labour Party candidate won in the two most cosmopolitan entities in Nigeria – Lagos and Abuja – a factor underlining his youth appeal.
All the three governorship candidates in contention in Lagos – Babajide Sanwo-Olu of APC, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of LP and Dr. Abdulaziz Adediran of PDP – are Yoruba, so a vote for any of the other two cannot be a vote for Igbo takeover of Lagos. The underlying false assumption of the APC as custodian of Yoruba political hegemony, is that the other two are ethnic sellouts. That is a fallacy.
He may be tempted to deploy API on Saturday but at grave risk to public order, if the opposition decides to meet force with force. Perhaps the biggest miscalculation of the APC and Tinubu is not recognizing Youth Power as displayed during the EndSARS Youth Revolt, where the state government was perceived complicit in getting the military to rout the protesters, resulting in killings. Massacre may be an exaggeration but the hurt of the youths lingers, particularly the perceived money-induced insensitivity of Tinubu in wanting an early reopening of the Lekki Tollgate where the killings of the youths took place.
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