The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, will never produce a governor in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial
capital.
The monarch is known to have a cordial relationship with former
Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, incumbent Babatunde Fashola among other
chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Speaking as the chief launcher of the autobiography of the
former President of the Court of Appeal, Mustapha Akanbi, at the Sheraton
Hotels in Abuja on Wednesday, Oba Akiolu said Lagos would remain an APC state.
“Recently, I told Bode George, Koro (Musiliu) and Ogunlewe
(Adeseye) that “Look at me o! You will never win Lagos. God will give us
another APC governor”.
Recalling how he became the Oba of Lagos, he said “After I was
retired, some justices of the Supreme court, including Belgore, Uwais and
Akanbi came to me and told me that they intend to go and see the president, but
I told them with due respect that, that (the throne) is where God wants me to
be.
“One of them, Wali held my hand, and prayed, saying that within
one year, you will see what God will do in your life, and exactly a year later,
my father, the late Oba, joined his ancestors.
”Governor Tinubu came and said don’t give anyone any money to be
Oba, if it is yours, it will surely come. That is how I became the Oba, even
though President (Olusegun) Obasanjo was against me,” the Oba said.
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