Oluwo, Ambode’s ex-commissioner campaigns for Agbaje in Epe

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode’s former Commissioner of Energy, Mr. Wale Oluwo, on Monday in Epe while on the campaign train of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), assured people that the governorship candidate of the party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, would continue the developmental strides begun by his former boss in the town.

Oluwo also assured the gathering that the scandalous land acquisitions in the Epe and Lekki-Ajah axis would be reviewed in the people’s favour should PDP win the Lagos governorship poll holding in the state this Saturday.

This was just as the PDP candidate, Agbaje, said that Saturday’s poll was about freedom, and not for him, but for the people of Lagos State.

Oluwo, an Epe indigene, told the thousands of citizens who gathered for Agbaje’s rally in the Marina beach area of the town that the infrastructural constructions already commenced by the incumbent, Governor Ambode, would not be abandoned under Agbaje.

“Agbaje and his deputy have assured me that they will continue the good work that Ambode began in Epe but has not been allowed to finish,” Oluwo said.

Speaking on the lands that were forcefully acquired in the area by some powerful interests, Oluwo said: “All our land that they forcefully acquired, JK will review. Those that can be returned will be returned. Owners of those that cannot be retrieved will receive adequate compensation.”

This was just as he further assured that the PDP government would provide the people with roads, potable water and electricity.

The former commissioner, while recalling the circumstances that led him to quit the Ambode’s government, said: “I resigned from the government when they began doing the nonsense they wanted to do. They say that in Nigeria it is difficult for a public official to resign, but I resigned on my own.”

Echoing Oluwo’s words, Agbaje’s running mate, Mrs Haleemat Oluwayemisi Busari, whose paternal roots are in Epe, also assured her kinsmen that there would be no abandoned projects in the town.

Busari encouraged the people not to feel intimidated but ensure they go out and vote on Saturday, saying, God was on their side.

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She assured the people of Epe they would not be forgotten in the scheme of things should they vote PDP into office, declaring that that the party had based its campaign on the economy, livability and the future, just as she recalled that the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and former Lagos State governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande achieved much in the South-West and in Lagos respectively with their unforgettable records in education and other sectors.

“I cannot get to Alausa and forget Epe. Jimi and I belong to you. We have based our campaign on the economy, livability and the future. Obafemi Awolowo and Lateef Jakande achieved much in the South-West and in Lagos with their unforgettable records in education and other sectors. Our programme shall be based on education, with the welfare of teacher’s considered as paramount,” she said.

Speaking on women and youth empowerment, Mrs Busari said that 10 per cent of the contracts in the state would be allocated to women, as a foundation for boosting the state’s economy, assuring that the PDP government equally had an eye towards developing Lagos for the welfare of the youth.

“When we corruptly spend today the resources that should enhance our future, what shall be left for our children? We shall not behave that way, we will project programmes with our children in mind,” she said.

Agbaje, while addressing the rally, said his regime would prioritise human capital and infrastructural development in Lagos State, accusing the current political powers in the state of massive impunity.

“They are even claiming now that they are not doing government work but they are so rich that bullion vans loaded with cash can be driven into their private compound. Where did all their money come from? We remember when they came in 1998, they had no money then. Now 20 years after, they have become richer than Lagos!” Agbaje said.

The PDP candidate said Saturday’s poll was “about freedom, not for Jimi Agbaje, but for the people of Lagos State,” urging Lagosians to go out and vote for PDP, and wait for their votes to be counted as the law allowed voters to know the results of their voting.