Ohanaeze Ndigbo endorses Sanwo-Olu for Lagos governorship; promises to mobilize 2 million Igbo voters for APC candidate

- The Lagos chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo group has endorsed the governorship bid of the APC’s Babajide Sanwo-Olu

- The group’s leader, Solomon Ogbonna, however, demanded that after the election, six of his members be appointed as commissioners

- Ogbonna said Sanwo-Olu showed his love for Igbos to live peacefully in Lagos with his response following the attacks on Ndigbo after the presidential and National Assembly elections

- Sanwo-Olu subsequently sent out a tweet, expressing appreciation to the Igbo group

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has been endorsed for election by the state chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo group.

The Ohanaeze Lagos state leader, Solomon Ogbonna, announced at a town hall meeting in the state on Sunday, March 3, that members had concluded plans to cast their votes for Sanwo-Olu, Leadership reports.

Legit.ng gathers that Ogbonna promised to mobilise the over two million Igbo voters in Lagos to cast their votes for Sanwo-Olu. He, however, demanded that after the election, six of the group’s members be appointed as commissioners.

He said: “We are endorsing him because this is the man that will give us what we have been craving for in Lagos.

“This is the best that can happen to the Ndigbo in Lagos, so come out and vote for him. Hold me responsible for this because I know him and I have seen what he can do.”

Ogbonna said Sanwo-Olu’s actions following the attacks on Ndigbo after the presidential and National Assembly elections showed his love for Igbos to live peacefully in Lagos.

On his part, a former Ohanaeze president, Oliver Akabueze, explained that their members voted against the APC’s candidate during the presidential election because they did not like the party’s choice.

He said: “What played out during last election will not happen next Saturday (March 9) because we love Sanwo-Olu. But during last election, the choice of the party did not meet our expectations and that is why we did that.”

In response to the development, Sanwo-Olu sent out a tweet, expressing appreciation to the Igbo group.

He tweeted: “Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!! Ohaneze Ndigbo, we thank you. #ForAGreaterLagos.”

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Babajide Sanwo-Olu and a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, assured the Igbo community in Lagos of their safety in the state ahead of the March 9 governorship election.

Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance at the Computer Village, Ikeja, in the company a delegation comprising of his running-mate, Femi Hamzat and others.

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