Buhari, Aregbesola to storm Lagos for Ambode

Sensing that the battle for Lagos State governor­ship seat on Sat­urday may not be a tea party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Daily Sun has gathered that the party has finalized arrange­ments to bring in the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari and the Osun State Gov­ernor, Rauf Aregbesola, for a grand rally this week in support of their party’s candidate, Mr. Akinmwumi Ambode.
The APC was said not to be comfortable with the result of the presidential poll held on March 28, where it polled 792,460 votes against 632,327 votes polled by the Peo­ples Democratic Party (PDP), the situation that had emboldend the PDP to dream victory on Satur­day with just a little more effort.

Buhari’s presence at the rally, Daily Sun learnt, would serve as morale booster to the APC in the state because of the in­herent benefit in having a link with the centre, while Aregbesola’s involve­ment, according to a reli­able source, was borne out of his being a unique grassroots mobiliser and an unrivalled entertaining campaigner.
The duo of Buhari and Aregbesola are be­ing dragged to Lagos to complement the campaign powerhouse of the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, whose achieve­ments in the state are viewed as legendary.
However, the leadership of the PDP in the state ap­pears battle-ready as one of their national leaders, Chief Olabode George, was said to have vowed to campaign with the last drop of his blood to win the state for his party, insisting that his party’s candidate in the election, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, was a sellable material any day.
Against this back­ground, Daily Sun gath­ered that all the combat­ants in the two parties were not leaving any stone unturned as they had intensified efforts towards wooing the eligible voters in the state to vote for their respective candidates.
Consequently, their open rallies, nocturnal campaigns and house-to-house contacts are now targeted at market men and women, artisans, non-indigenes, ethnic groups, social and political asso­ciations, student unions, Okada and tricycle rid­ers associations and road transport workers as well as various professionals across the state.expdonaloaded