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Tinubu, Fashola At Loggerhead Over Successor

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A mother of all wars is brewing between Governor Raji Fashola of Lagos

and his godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over who flies the APC

gubernatorial ticket in Lagos in 2015.

Up until last week when Tinubu brought his gavel down to

single-handedly zone the governorship of the ruling APC to Lagos East

Senatorial District, Fasola had done all that was within his

gubernatorial powers to lobby his godfather to accept his choice of

successor in his Works Commissioner, Mr Toyin Amzat.

A source close to the duo that Tinubu played along with Fashola over a

period of time for his economic benefits: “The fox in Asiwaju used

Fashola’s desire to have Amzat as governor to milk him dry. Fashola

was pumping a lot of resources to him that his closest aides started

talking of ‘reparations’ season.

 

” He added that this also created a lot of problem for Tinubu amongst

his kitchen cabinet who felt that their master had sold them out: “His

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inner core who had supported him against Fasola from the ‘True Face of

Lagos’ days became disillusioned when they discovered on their own the

volume of money Fashola was transferring to Asiwaju” he added.

The Governor thinking he already had Tinubu on board started

projecting Amzat as the next governor as the latter began to acquire a

lot of visibility. But the declaration last week at Lagos APC

stakeholders meeting that he has zoned the slot to Lagos East has put

paid to all that as Amzat is from Lagos West. And with that decision,

Tinubu has confirmed what has been in the political rumour mill that

the former Accountant-General of the State, Akin Ambode is his

preferred candidate.

Tinubu played a fast one on Fashola when he asked the Ambode to resign

as Accountant General of the State: “Fashola was taken aback with

Ambode resignation and got in touch with Tinubu who was abroad to

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prevail on him to stay on but the owner of the game told him to let

him go.”

Though a lot of groups are springing up to oppose Tinubu’s decisions

to zone the governorship, Fahola has been playing along with a

strategic move to hit Tinubu back in the area of his own ambition to

be the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the APC.

A few weeks ago, the Governor was in Benin to subtly urge the Edo

State Governor, Adams Oshiomole to run for the presidential ticket of

the party with a promise to support him: “Tinubu and Fashola are

perfecting their strategies to outdo each other.

 

The daggers are resting for now but they will soon be drawn and

political blood will flow. Although Tinubu is scared of Fashola’s war

chest but his life depends on this battle and he will roll out all his

arsenals” said NP source.

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