Guber Poll : Tinubu Hails Agbaje ’s ‘ Good Spirit ’

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday night expressed
joy over the emergence of the party’s candidate in the
Lagos State governorship election, Akinwunmi Ambode,
as governor-elect.
He ascribed the victory to the party’s members’ hard
work.
Tinubu, a former governor of the state, said Ambode’s
victory was predicated on the radical transformation
and well-articulated programmes he started 16 years
ago, hinting that Lagos would start another race in its
transformation drive given its alignment with the federal
government.
He also hailed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
candidate in the election, Mr Jimi Agbaje, for his
statesmanship, describing him as a man of good values
and character.
“We must bear in mind that a good democrat must
accept result of a free and fair election”, he said.
Tinubu said the PDP candidate showed “good spirit” by
calling Ambode on telephone to congratulate him and
for accepting his party’s loss in Saturday’s poll.
Tinubu said: “Our victory in Lagos is as a result of hard
work I started 16 years ago. Consistent radical
transformation of Lagos and well-articulated
programmes, including education, infrastructure, urban
renewal, innovative system of finance, knowledge-
based economy and job creation in partnership with
private sector. That resulted in leap development of
Lagos”.
The APC leader said there would always be a winner in
all contest, congratulating Ambode for his success.