Ambode Vows to 'Campaign Heavily’ For Buhari And Sanwo-Olu
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Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, on Tuesday said he would lead a strong
campaign to ensure victory for President Muhammadu Buhari and the All
Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu,
in the 2019 general election.
Speaking
with journalists at the Presidential Wing of the Muritala Mohammed
International Airport shortly after he accompanied the President to perform the
official commissioning of the new Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS) Border Posts at Seme-Krake joint border post in Badagry, Ambode
reiterated how important it is for the APC to retain its leadership positions
both in the federal and state levels.
“I have just
accompanied Mr. President to the Nigerian-Benin Border Post. So what we have
commissioned today is a joint Border Patrol post between Nigeria and the
Republic of Benin and it is called Semo-Krake Border Post,” a press statement
by Habib Aruna, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, quoted him as saying.
“But again,
just to also use this opportunity to let Lagosians know that we are heavily
committed to the re-election of Mr. President and you can see that his
continuous visit to Lagos reiterates the fact that he is actually a lover of
Lagos State and I am committed to ensuring his re-election.
“We are
going to campaign heavily for him. I am also committed to ensuring that the APC
wins the governorship election come 2019. We support the candidacy of Babajide
Sanwo-Olu and we would make sure that APC retains Lagos State and the centre.”
Earlier,
Governor Ambode had received the President at the airport before the duo
proceeded to Seme where the President joined his Republic of Benin counterpart,
Patrice Talon, to inaugurate the Border Post.
With the
inauguration, the Seme-Krake joint border, one of the busiest boundary lines
not only in West Africa but the whole continent, daily recording huge movement
of persons, goods and services, is expected to enhance the free movement of
persons and goods in the region and foster integration between the people of
Nigeria and Benin.
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