The Lagos Central senatorial candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Dapo Durosinmi-Etti, said that Governor Babatunde Fashola would not have emerged the Action Congress of Nigeria’s governorship candidate if not for the support given to him by The Continuity Group.
In a statement on Thursday, Durosinmi-Etti said that the TCT was the vanguard of the public opinion used to sensitise the people in Lagos State and throughout the local governments of some elements within the ACN that did not want Fashola’s emergence for a second term.
He said, “It was the TCT as a group that influenced the emergence of Fashola as the ACN candidate for a second term. He would not have become the candidate of the ACN if not for the TCT.
“We actually sensitised the people in such a way that if anything else was done other than bringing him back, it would affect the political serenity we enjoy in Lagos State. The public opinion which we echoed contributed to his emergence.
“We played a very major role in bringing Fashola back to the chagrin of the party. TCT is just a vanguard of that public opinion.”
Durosinmi-Etti said he was optimistic that he would beat his opponents in the general elections.
He said that the people, who had become politically aware and could no longer be compromised by bread and butter, were the source of his strength.
He said that the LP had structures on the ground to guarantee its victory in the April elections, stressing that “the prospect of my candidacy is as bright as ever.”
“So much noise has been made about structures. LP is a child of necessity in Lagos State. If LP was found to be in carcass before, it has now been fleshed by our influx into the party,” he added.
He said that though money played an important role in politics, it was not the only thing that could guarantee victory.
He urged his supporters not to be carried away by the propaganda and deceit of desperate politicians, who had nothing in store for them.
He advocated free, fair and credible polls, saying that there was no more room for election riggers in the country.
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