* Alleges Jagaban had always ‘won’ through thuggery, vote-buying
Leader of the pan Yoruba socio-political group – Afenifere – Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has alleged the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had always won elections in Lagos State through thuggery and vote-buying.
Adebanjo made the allegation on Monday, while reacting to the victory of the Labour Party (LP) flag bearer, Peter Obi, in Lagos State.
Obi polled 582, 454votes to defeat Tinubu, who scored 572, 606 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 75, 750 votes to place third.
Adebanjo, who had consistently supported Obi ahead of the February 25 election, said the results proved that the youths are ready to take back their country.
According to him, it is a miracle for Peter Obi to win in Lagos considering the thugs and traditional rulers who were campaigning against him.
He said: “Obi’s victory in Lagos in the presidential election is the wish of the people. Tinubu has always won in Lagos by thuggery and bribery. But the youths are awake now.
“That’s why they are attacking the Igbos so as to make it look like it is a Yoruba affair.
“It is a miracle for us to win in Lagos with all the violence, because all the Obas are campaigning against us.
“The message all over the country is that the youths are now awake to take back their country.”