In an emotion laden voice during an informal chat with journalists in his office, Ambode says he’s packed his bags out of government house.
There were moments during Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s informal chat with journalists at the Banquet Hall inside Government House, Ikeja, when he looked like he could use a hug or some sleep.
It was the governor’s valedictory session with political editors from the print and digital media spaces on Monday, May 27, 2019, barely hours before he hands over the keys to his office to Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, his successor.
It is an emotional moment for me”, Ambode said, pulling his Agbada (traditional flowing attire) the right way. “I have already moved out my things. My rent has expired”, he added to general laughter.
The APC Lagos governorship primary that threw up Sanwo-Olu as flagbearer in the general elections, was a learning curve for Ambode, he said. The governing party hierarchy and godfathers handpicked Sanwo-Olu and funded his primary election campaign and the general election campaign afterwards. Ambode had fallen out of favour with the godfathers of the APC in Lagos and before he knew it, he was on the losing side, even as a sitting governor. Not many governors lose their re-election bids in Nigeria. “I am wiser now”, Ambode said for the umpteenth time this month.
Source: pulse.ng
