President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday received separate delegations of Lagos and Oyo State leaders and candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his Lagos residence, where party members expressed confidence ahead of the 2027 elections and pledged to work for the party’s success.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led the Lagos delegation, which included the APC governorship candidate, the deputy governor, party leaders and the 40 candidates who emerged as the party’s flagbearers for the Lagos State House of Assembly elections.
Speaking with journalists after the visit, Sanwo-Olu said the President graciously received the delegation and offered words of encouragement and admonition to the candidates.
According to him, the candidates thanked the President for what he described as his fatherly role and assured him of their commitment to the party and their constituents.
Sanwo-Olu said the candidates told the President they had seen the impact of the Federal Government’s programmes on their constituencies as well as the efforts of the Lagos State Government.
“They’ve given their commitments to thank him for the fatherly role, to assure him that they’ve also seen what he’s doing at the national level, that has been direct beneficiaries to their various constituents and what the state is doing.
“So by extension, assuring him that they are good, going back to meet their constituents, to work across board and to ensure that they have real dividends of democracy to show their people what the federal government is doing and what they’ve done, what the state government is doing and what they’ve done,” he said.
The governor added that the candidates assured the President that they would do the work required to secure victory for the party.
He also said the party would not take anything for granted and would continue engaging stakeholders and constituents across the state.
“We will not take anything for granted. We want to hit the ground running. We have the data. We have the numbers,” Sanwo-Olu said.
