Lagos—Barely 23 days to the inauguration of Lagos State governor-elect, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu I, yesterday, narrated how some of his relatives wanted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje and not Ambode to succeed Fashola.
According to the monarch; “On May 14, 2014 when I first told all residents of Lagos that the next governor of the state will be Ambode, many didn’t believe me.

“I knew all the waters that have passed under the bridge, including my own blood relations, who without consulting me went with others to say that Bola Tinubu, Fashola and Oba Akiolu have pocketed Lagos, saying that this time, they will not allow that. And I told them that Jimi (Agbaje) will never be the governor. I still maintain it. There is no going back,” he added.

The Oba continued, “I have no doubt in my mind, with the cooperation and prayers of everyone, Ambode will perform very well. I told many people that Bola Tinubu planted the seed, Fashola came and watered the seed and it started germinating in geometrical progressions. We have just started.”
In his own speech, governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said the monthly Federal Allocation and the monthly Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, will not be enough to fund the Lagos 2015 budget of N489 billion.

The governor and the monarch spoke at the public policy lecture organised by the Institute of Directors, IoD and launch of the book edited by Mr. Sam Omatseye titled, ‘The Example: The Era of Babatunde Raji Fashola as Governor of Lagos State,’ in Lagos.

Fashola in his lecture titled, ‘My stewardship-Eight years of delivering excellence,’ said the number of migrants into the state daily has constantly increased its population.

Earlier, while explaining the reason for writing the book, Omatseye stated that the next generation would need answers to certain issues in the state and would want to know those who started the developmental work in the state.

He said “I felt that it was important that those people who saw it, who experienced it, worked and who were insiders were able to tell their stories and that was the reason why I started this project. I knew that about two or more years into his reign, people especially, his colleagues other governors started to see him as a kind of example. I started calling him the governor of example.”

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/lagos-gov-some-of-my-relations-wanted-agbaje-oba-akiolu/

God help you say Ambode Win, the Igbos for chase you comot for Lagos

lolz oba u still dy alive?

Baba the election has been won and lost it time to move on for the benefits of all

Dis igbo hater still wan tell us say him b prophet bah..

Oya, Oba tell us who go win Champions League jawe afterall lagosian love sport pass oda states...

The Oba was right

Is this man still talking! He should just keep quiet for that his foolish action to die down. I also think he is too involved in politics by picking sides openly. A father to all, he shld b

Even Obatala revealed it to Jimi Agbaje in 3D but he just wouldn't listen

eightsin:
Is this man still talking! He should just keep quiet for that his foolish action to die down. I also think he is too involved in politics by picking sides openly. A father to all, he shld b

It's unbelievable

Yeye oba

Am just here to read comments


Ibo and Yoruba #RoundOne#

that police behind the oba take style resemble obasanjo.......abi na my phone?

This oba should sit down jare. We don hear you. No dey sound like broken records

yes! you said it.


PDP is now swimming in the lagoon

Oro agba.

I c no reason having traditional rulers. It keeps the masses blind to their own rights. I wish we had a Nigeria without these thieves.

PDP is forever dead in Lagos.

kabiesi baba, alase ikeji orisa

Did he say anything about Lagoon now? So i can't start preparing my swimwear now.

Oba you told them but dem no wan hear.

Kabiesi oooo

Oba, we don forget say you dey exist sef.

I could see some demented flattheads venting their frustration on d oba.

Oba Akiolu 1-0 Just Kidding

....this Oba na dia medicine..u don't wear white to wrestle a mad man....his style is d way forward when dealing with these cretins...

If na dis one yorubaz dhe happy for as a true traditional leader, dey ve to wake up from dat deep sleep
Dis oba is a criminal cum "useless" being


Say no to "change"
Say yes to transformation

Olowo Eko has spoken " Agbaje will never rule Lagos as Governor "

Who lets the dogs out? woow wooow woooooo

So he finally mustered the courage to speak after losing his voice for close to a month?

A ret.ar.ded nicompoop!

May you live long Kabiesi,kindly stay out of this issue.

Somebody should tell Mr Akiolu to shut up! For threatening to commit genocide against Igbos, He has lost all respect in the presence of God and Man. Stewpid old man.