A former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has dismissed allegations that he was planning to impose a former Accountant-General, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, as the next governor of the state.
Tinubu described the allegations as part of insinuations which would be commonplace in an election year.
His Media Adviser, Mr. Sunday Dare, said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Monday.
He was reacting to allegations by the coordinator of a Lagos-based group, Visioners for New Lagos, Mr. Bambo Akin-Johnson, who had alleged that there was a plot by the former governor to impose Ambode as governor.
Akin-Johnson had threatened that the group was determined to stop what it claimed was a clear signal that the former governor was planning to impose the former state official on the state.
In response, Dare said “It’s the season of politics and an election year, such allegations and insinuations will be commonplace. This particular one is unfounded. Let them provide proof. He who alleges must prove.
“What I recall he has said repeatedly is that development is not about religion. And that governing Lagos State is about merit, competence and ability of the candidate.
“Just like he governed Lagos and laid a foundation upon which Governor Babatunde Fashola, another competent governor built upon, the next governor of Lagos must also be competent and qualified.
“The people of Lagos and the voters will decide who they want as governor when they go out to vote. Not a group like this one will decide for them.”
