Residents of Lagos, under the aegis of the Lagos Residents Association (LRA), have urged former Governor Akinwumi Ambode to join the governorship race in the 2027 general election, saying he has the Midas touch to transform the state if given the second chance to complete the good job he started.
This was just as the group pledged to purchase the nomination and expression of interest forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for former Governor Ambode to enable him to contest the coming election.
It would be recalled that Ambode governed the state from 2015 to 2019 but lost the ticket of his party, ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during the primary election, a development that denied him a second term in office.
The residents made the call on Tuesday in a statement by its President General, Dr Olumuyiwa Adesanmi, a copy of which was made available to newsmen, urging the Lagos chapter of the ruling party to give its governorship ticket to the former governor.
The group of residents, while making the call, said it was the constitutional right of Ambode to seek a second term, just as it quickly recalled that the circumstances under which the former governor lost the party’s ticket for a second term were suspicious.
It, therefore, urged the former governor to join in the race to succeed the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, whose second term in office would end in 2027, noting that former Governor Ambode enjoyed humongous support among residents of Lagos whose lives he touched positively while in office.
“Former Governor Ambode enjoys humongous support among residents of Lagos whose lives he touched positively while in office. We all understand how he lost his bid for a second term in office and not on the grounds of performance.
“The legacy he left behind both in human capital development, infrastructure, and the total transformation of Lagos is still there for all to see.
“We residents of the state are solidly behind him and calling him to come back and complete what he has started in our dear state,” the group stated.
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