THE All Progressives Congress (APC)
National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged the party’s leaders in
Lagos State to mobilise and work for the victory of APC’s candidates in the
governorship and the state House of Assembly elections on Saturday.
Tinubu spoke yesterday at the
party’s state secretariat on Acme Road, Ikeja, during a stakeholders’ meeting.
He said the governorship election is
important to the APC, warning those working against the party’s interest and
fuelling crisis within the Lagos APC, especially at ward and local government
levels, to stop or face the consequences.
According to Tinubu, the poor
performance of APC and the loss of six House of Representatives seats to the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in some parts of the state during the March 28
presidential and National Assembly elections was not because Igbos voted for
PDP as being speculated.
He blamed the loss to internal
wrangling and refusal of APC members to work for the party’s victory during the
election.
The APC National Leader said party
registered members in Lagos State alone were about two million, adding that it
was, therefore, worrisome that the APC got fewer than 800,000 votes in the
elections.
The party, Tinubu noted, lost in
some local councils in the March 28 elections because of low turn-out of party
members at the polling booths.
He said: “The turn-out of APC
members during March 28 elections was poor and that was why APC was defeated in
some polling units, wards and local governments in Lagos State. I delivered my
ward for APC and I wonder why many leaders could not deliver their wards to the
APC despite been mobilised by the party for the election.
“Some people said that APC lost in
some wards and local governments to PDP because of Igbo votes; that is not
true.
“If you mobilise for the party,
there is no way APC will lose the election. Igbos are not your enemies. If APC
lose the presidential election in Lagos, I will understand why. But losing six
House of Representatives seats to opposition in Lagos State have never happened
in the history of Lagos.”
Tinubu promised to compensate any
APC ward and local government leader that delivers his ward for the party.
“You are all shouting change and we
may likely change any party leader that doesn’t perform. Any ward leader that
doesn’t perform will be changed. If you do very well, there would be continuity
for you. But if you fail to deliver, there would be change. If you deliver your
ward and local government, there would be continuity for you.
“There is no room for repeat in our
party. We don’t want failure in our party. So, we will remove those who cannot
perform and replace them with those who can deliver and work genuinely for the
party,” he told the party leaders.
Stressing the need for APC to
prepare actively for the Saturday election, Tinubu asked the APC leaders to
stop public rally and start organising meeting at ward, local government,
constituency and senatorial levels to strategise for the party’s victory in the
election.
He praised the Arewa Community in
Lagos for giving APC block votes during the March 28 elections, urging all other
non-indigenous groups and all the APC leaders and members to work tirelessly to
deliver their polling units, wards, constituencies and local governments for
the party in Saturday’s election.
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