Politics

Tinubu upset about violence report in Lagos

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6 years ago

March 9, 2019

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress , Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the logistics for the Saturday elections was quite good as materials were delivered to the local governments on time .
He spoke shortly after voting at ward 003, polling unit 047 at Alausa , Lagos .

Tinubu said , “ They are doing quite well , They brought materials to polling units early enough . Logistically, they have not failed. ”

While speaking on the Okota violence in the last elections , he said , “ I take exception to two weeks ago Okota incidence, as if we were violent prone . I am very upset about that , taking Lagos as if we were violent . It is not as bad as you see it .

‘ If you have 1 , 325 polling units and only five units were affected by Okota incidence, you can ’ t say Lagos is being violent . You are not doing justice to us .

“ To you people , it is not a story. It is only the incidence that will be a story. So I can ’ t explain more than that . ”

The APC leader also said Lagos has seen tremendous development since he was a governor .

He said , “ The lowest Internally Generated Revenue was N 600m a month . Today it is over N 30 bn . No state has achieved financial independence as Lagos . Others depend on allocation from the Federal Government. Lagos does not . We build roads , real estate value of property owners has exponentially been better than any in this country. ”

Tinubu also said that his party would win the election .

He said , “ PDP in Lagos has continued to behave like the leopard that cannot change their skin . This state belongs to the progressives , we were progressives and we are going to win this election . ”