Exclusive..’Ambode Felt Betrayed By Tinubu For Dumping Him After He Settled With N6bn To Get Second Term Ticket
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode was enraged and felt betrayed by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for dumping at the last minute after he settled him with whopping N6billion , COMPLETE NEWS has exclusively gathered.
A highly reliable source close to the governor told COMPLETE NEWS at the weekend that the governor was embittered when he learnt that Babajide Sanwo-Olu who acted on the instruction of Tinubu had picked APC governorship nomination forms to challenge him at the direct primaries.
It was gathered that the governor who was apprehensive of his second term bid reached out to Tinubu with N6billion through his close ally one Ajisebutu on Sunday, 9th September.
Ambode who was confident that the gesture had sealed his ticket, flew to Abuja, next day, Monday to pick his expression of interest and nomination forms at the National Secretariat of the APC in Abuja.
‘The governor was deeply troubled and felt betrayed that Sanwo-olu had picked nomination forms through a proxy having settled Asiwaju, his estranged godfather with billions of naira”, the source told COMPLETE NEWS.
In last minute efforts to salvage the situation, which was a dire strait, the governor sent respected emissaries, including President Muhammadu Buhari to Tinubu to prevail on him to allow him to recontest but all failed.
It was gathered that Tinubu told the president that Ambode issue was a complicated matter which was beyond him assuring the president that Ambode’s ousting will not in anyway affect the fortunes of the party in Lagos at the general elections.
‘ My President, your votes are intact,’, Tinubu was quoted to have assured the president.
Meanwhile, Tinubu’s preferred candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday at City Mall, Lagos Island formally declared for Lagos State Governorship race on the APC platform.
Flanked by party leaders and lieutenants of the National leader like Cardinal James Odunbaku, James Faleke, Tayo Ayinde among others, Sanwo-olu promised to govern a Lagos that works for all.
In his address titled, ‘Clarion Call To Lagos State To A Greater Level’, the governorship aspirant acknowledged the visionary leadership and managerial dexterity of former governors Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Babatunde in building a modern Lagos.
According to him, if elected, he would run an all-inclusive goernment.
He said, ” History is not made in a day, but it is made on the day that you start to make the labours of the past and the hope for the future the touchstone of our endeavours. That day is today” .
President Buhari is really fighting corruption, Tinubu was settled with 6 billion naira just for second term ticket, God will deliver Nigeria from the hands of evil leaders.
As sad as it is, Nigeria is doomed with all these worthless and inept Thieflicians stealing the country into bankruptcy.
The N6B purportedly given to Tinubu by Ambode through one Ajisebutu, is it in cash or cheque because I know that money of this figure would be by bank transfer which can only be done by the bank on behalf of its customer. This type of your news should be verified and confirm mode of fund exchange. Since you claimed the money was given to Asiwaju on Sunday, one can easily conclude that it was cash of N6B. Haba, can this be possible, even no bank in Nigeria can have such an amount in its vault talk less of an individual.
How can you say banks cannot have N6b in their vault? Is that a joke? How much is N6b?
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Pls how can N6b a mind boggling sum be carried. Bankers should help us.
It’s possible through bank transfer or instruction to the bank. It will be sent to his company in bits. It can be brake down into 3 or 4 bits
All said and done. In as much as i find it distasteful the way politics is done in Naija. Ambode should have seen this coming. He messed up big time. Look at the state of Lagos metropolise, its a disgrace. He was expected to build on what his predessessor started and include his own along the way. Thus would have earned his so much respect. But he wanted to play smart and it all backfired. So blame yourself and no one. Please do not misquote me, Fashola too had his shortcomings.
I just hope Lagosians and all the people who register to vote will person their civic duties instead of sitting on the fence and expect things to change without you all changing your thinking.