By Adesina Soyooye
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, will be excused if he decides to add some swagger to his gait.
Barring any last minute changes, and/or a miracle, he is the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State. Considering the pattern of voting in Lagos, one can safely assume that Dr Hamzat is already the Governor of Lagos State in 2027.
Since 1999, Hamzat’s Political Party – AD, AC, ACN, APC – has always won the Governorship Election in Lagos. Not a few people believe the pattern will subsist in 2027. And when, not if, he wins, he will make history as the first Deputy Governor in Lagos, to succeed his boss in office.
The good news was delivered to Hamzat on Thursday when Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the APC, backed the aspirant. Earlier, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa the powerful Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Senator Ganiyu Olarenwaju Solomon (GOS), and other APC chieftains had all endorsed Hamzat as the Party’s Governorship Candidate in 2027.
They spoke at the Party’s State Secretariat when Hamzat led his Team for consultation with the party leaders and the State Working Committee.
Dr. Hamzat, while addressing Party Leaders, assured them of his plans to push Lagos higher than where it is now.
Hamzat: “The truth of the matter is that if Lagos fails, Nigeria will have problems and we must not fail.”
Recalling the shocking defeat in Lagos, of then Presidential Candidate, now President Bola Tinubu, in Lagos by the then Labour Party Candidate, Peter Obi, Hamzat said “never again.”
His words: “More so, we must ensure that what happened in 2023 should not happen again in 2027. We must ensure a resounding victory for our leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the next election and ensure a similar victory for APC in Lagos.
“Our opponents are trying to de-market our election, simply because they cannot win. That’s why they’re doing everything possible to disapprove of everything good that has been done by Tinubu’s administration.”
Speaking, Chairman Ojelabi affirmed the party’s support for the Deputy Governor Hamzat’s political aspirations.
He told Hamzat: “We support you, we trust you, and we are very confident of your competency and humility.”
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