10 GUBER CANDIDATES STEP DOWN FOR AMBODE

Governorship candidates of 10 opposition parties in Lagos State on Friday stepped down and declared support for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.

The candidates of Accord Party (AP), Mr. Adeshina Buruji; Independent Democrats (ID), Akinola Obadia; Action Alliance (AA), Ishola Aregbesola; Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Babatunde Sarumi; African People Alliance (APA), Mr. Abioudun Oyegunle; Progressives Peoples Alliance (PPA); Mrs. Pauline Ojochidi; KOWA Party, Mr. Victor Adeniji; All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr. Adeshina Olayokun; (NNPP), Mr. Sesan Olatunde and Citizens Popular Party (CPP) were the candidates that dropped their ambition for the APC candidate.
Speaking on behalf of the other candidates at the declaration event held at the Ondo Hall, Ikeja Airport Hotel and which was attended by the candidates and the party chairmen, the ID candidate, Obadia said the decision was taken in the interest of the people of Lagos State.
"What we are saying is that we, the 10 undersigned governorship candidates, have shelved our individual gubernatorial ambitions and aspirations as we unanimously give our unwavering solidarity to work together with Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of the APC.
"By thi,s we enjoin all our teeming supporters across the state to take this declaration and sound it loud and clear that Mr. Ambode is the only candidate to take Lagos to the next level,"
Similarly, in another event held at the Blue Roof, LTV 8, Lagos, the coalition of Christian Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) in Lagos State also endorsed the Ambode candidacy.
Addressing the gathering, the chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), South-west, Mr. Magnus Atilade said: "Today is the first day that Christian are coming together to contribute to the political situation in Nigeria.
"We want you to get your PVC; your PVC is your ticket for change; please vote for change," he urged the people.
Ambode who expressed gratitude to the Christian community for the support, promised to run an inclusive government if elected.