GUARDIAN
A coalition of 29 opposition parties and groups in Lagos State, yesterday, endorsed All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, for the February 25 election.
It also pledged support for the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The endorsement came as the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, who governed the state between 2007 and 2015, inaugurated 10,000 Eko O ni Baje vote canvassers for the ruling party in the state.
Convener of Coalition of Political Parties in Lagos State (COPPILS), Akinola Obadia, said Tinubu was endorsed based on his track records as former governor of the state.
He said: “Based on his achievements, we openly endorse Tinubu today as the best man for the job, to govern Nigeria and take it out of the woods if he becomes the President.”
The coalition promised to give two million votes for the presidential candidate and the governor.
Among the parties that endorsed the APC candidates AD, UPN, UPP, NPC, ACPN, CPN, BNPP, PPP, PPA, NUP, UP, LM, MMN, FJP, NCMP, GDPN, APA, AGAP, RPN, ID Party, Mega Party, Green Party, Hope Democrats, DA, C4C Party, NPM, and Independent Democrats.
Obadia said: “We have all agreed to go all out to our teeming supporters, who are non-APC members and let them know reasons Tinubu is the best option and why Sanwo-Olu should be given a second term to complete all the laudable projects he started in Lagos.”
