In
a rather bizarre twist to the 2015 general election narrative, a group
named the Greater Lagos Alliance has called for the disqualification of
the Lagos State governorship candidate of the All Progressives'
Congress, APC, Akinwunmi Ambode. The group, which claims to be
non-partisan, predicated its call on the recent discovery that Ambode
allegedly has a history of mental illness. This was contained in a
statement signed by the group's president, Dr Lanre Adeoye, and made
available to The Anchor Online. According to the
statement, “we have been working behind the scenes for the enthronement
of a new government that would take off from where Governor Fashola
stops from. After assessing the two major candidates (Ambode and Jimi
Agbaje of the People’s Democratic Party) and made our position known
publicly on who to support based on their competencies and comparative
advantages, we are sad to announce the withdrawal of our support for the
candidate of the APC.”
Adeoye,
a United States of America-based neuro-surgeon, hinged the group’s shocking decision
on an alleged chanced happening on the condition of Ambode when he came
to the US for routine checkup. “We met at a sanatorium where I consult
and he was quite open about the fact that he has been managing his
situation well. But I wasn’t convinced because the job of governing
Lagos is not for somebody with such ailment. Lagos demands someone who
is 105 per cent mentally and physically fit,” Adeoye said.
He
said further that after several consultations, and after observing, at
close range, Ambode’s carryings-on vis a vis his penchant for missing
critical political appointments among other frightening habits which
have pitted him against party chieftains, “We are constrained to call on
INEC to disqualify Ambode because of his mental imbalance. We cannot
take such risk in Lagos State.”
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