The All Progressive Congress (APC), Lagos State Chapter has kicked against moves by the PDP calling for the resignation of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the recent violence across the state.
This was contained in a statement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) issued by its Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, who alleged that the governor was overwhelmed by the current challenges facing the state.
The statement read in part, “This counseling is in good faith and for the overall interest of the state. If this state continues to experience the collapses in next 72 hours, it may suffer a declaration of state of emergency, a step that would likely deprive all.”
While noting that the PDP is even more expedient for the governor to welcome the counsel to step aside now that the Nigerian Army has accused him of inviting the soldiers to go and quell the Lekki protests, it stated that Lagosians can no longer trust a governor who denies his conspiracy actions in government.
Meanwhile, in its reaction, the Lagos APC in a statement by its spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, has accused the Lagos PDP of planning to govern Lagos state through the back door after persistent rejection at the polls remains a nightmare.
“The call for resignation remains the wish of a frustrated opposition battling its permanent implosion. The PDP in Lagos State that suddenly came to life in the past week owes the innocent members of the public detailed explanation about its ignominious and condemnable role in the mayhem,” it hinted.
According to the APC, the intermittent falsehood about governance in the state fed to the unsuspecting public fanned the ember of the unprecedented violence which has left in its wake sorrow, tears, and blood.
It added that the daylight murder of police officers and the razing of several stations across the state has, no doubt, taken its toll on “Our security architecture, but the state government is working assiduously to provide temporary accommodation to forestall the breakdown of law and order. We are persuaded by the firm assurance of the governor to revamp our losses in no time”.
