SANWO-OLU BLUNTLY TELLS AMAECHI HIS LOYALTY LIES WITH TINUBU

By William Adeyemi

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has told presidential aspirant and incumbent Minister of Transportation, Honourable Rotimi Amaechi that the ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu remained the “rallying point” of Lagos.

Sanwo-Olu bluntly direct, outspoken but good nurtured manner told the Minister who had paid him a visit at the marina House, Lagos yesterday in continuation of his presidential consultation

The Minister, Amaechi and the former Governor of Lagos, Tinubu, are vying for the presidential seat of the Nigerian nation on the platform of the ruling All progressives Congress (APC).

Sanwo-Olu, who wished the minister well in his presidential ambition, noted that he was eminently qualified for the top job, but he as a beneficiary of Tinubu’s leadership, the state would support him to become Nigeria’s next president.

“I have sheer regard and respect for our leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu. I have been a direct beneficiary of his leadership. I have been part of his cabinet.

“Personally, I continue to tow that line of leadership and what he stands for. I want to say to you that you’re eminently qualified and I want to wish you well in this journey. Clearly, for all of us in Lagos state, Asiwaju continues to be our rallying point, but the country is our country and we must continue to see it as the one that is indivisible and the one that we all rally round. I certainly know too well what your pedigree is and what you have done,” he said.

Speaking, Amaechi said it took a lot of courage to visit Lagos because he recognised Tinubu’s influence in the state.

“It is a difficult thing to even come here because we already know that our leader comes from Lagos State. And you come from that family of our leader.

“We know that our leader is eminently qualified to rule this country. He has led Lagos State,” he said.