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Armed policemen under strict instructions from above, have invaded Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, where some political activists are holding a rally ahead of the March 9 governorship election, TheCable reports.
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Under the Orange Movement, the group converged on Oramiyan Hall in the hotel to strategise on how to stop Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from having his way in the election. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, candidate of the ruling party in the election, has the backing of Tinubu.
Some critics of the APC leader and members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have alleged that a win for Sanwo-Olu translates into a fifth term for Tinubu, who served as governor between 1999 and 2007, and influenced the emergence of Babatunde Fashola, who governed the state between 2007 and 2015.
Tinubu has also played a key role in the emergence of Akinwunmi Ambode, incumbent governor of Lagos.
The Orange Movement had adopted “O to Ge”, meaning “Enough is Enough”, a crusade which was used to uproot the political structure of Senate President Bukola Saraki.
A member of the movement told TheCable on Thursday that the police said the group did not seek permission from the appropriate quarters before organising the rally.
Meanwhile, Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, has warned that the ‘political atrocities’ perpetrated and unleashed on his supporters by the ruling party must not repeat itself.
Agbaje said that all registered voters, irrespective of their sex, tribe and political leanings, must be allowed to vote for candidates of their choice, in a free and fair election, and in an atmosphere devoid of any form of intimidation or blackmail.
He said, “What APC and their thugs did to our people in the last election was horrible and terrible, and every right thinking Nigerian as well as all lovers of peace, democracy, freedom and everything good should stand up to condemn it.
“People must be allowed to vote for candidates of their choice. And not being disenfranchised or dictated to in what could be likened to gunpoint. Enough is enough. A free and fair election is all we ask for and not the mayhem that was visited on my people and PDP lovers on February 23.
“Nearly all our people were prevented from voting in our strongholds like Orile, Okota, Oshodi-Isolo, Surulere, Festac Town, Alaba, etc. And to ensure this, what did APC do? They allowed elections to go smoothly in their strongholds, but deliberately instigated violence and confusion in ours.”
“I have said it repeatedly. Lagosians are tired of a one-man Lagos. A Lagos where many work like elephants but eat like ants. They want freedom and that is what Jimi Agbaje embodies and epitomises. That is also why everybody loves Jimi Agbaje. That is again why they love PDP and the gospel of freedom, which we have taken to all the nooks and crannies of Lagos.
“APC and their agents must therefore allow our people’s votes to count. Allow people to vote for candidates of their choice. But more importantly, in an atmosphere devoid of intimidation, harassment and violence.
“A free Lagos is coming. A free Lagos is what Jimi Agbaje is promising Lagosians. And that free Lagos they will get on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Enough is enough!’
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