Babajide Sanwa -Olu, the governorship candidate of the ruling party in Lagos State, All Progressives Congress (APC), has taken his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje, to the cleaners.
Sanwa-Olu in his reply to what he described as Agbaje’s tweet storm on his (Sanwa-Olu) appearance on Television Continental (TVC) on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, told Agbaje whom he described as ‘egbon’, (elder in Yoruba language), that there is a level of decency expected of him in the use of language. As any language or tweet from him meant to incite Igbo against their host, Yoruba is unacceptable.
Below, is the unedited version of Sanwa-Olu’ admonition.
“Fellow Lagosians, my opponent, Mr. Jimi Agbaje had a tweet storm yesterday night where he attempted, though in a very poor manner, to join issues with me on my appearance on TVC yesterday morning.
“My initial reaction was to ignore him. In this campaign season, it behooves on anyone seeking to be governor of Lagos to have an elevated mind. As leaders, we should place a high premium on civility and imbibe a higher level of decorum in a period like this as an example to our followers.
“Our campaign should be about important issues that affect the lives of our people; what we are bringing to the table to make life more meaningful to Lagosians.
“This election will be about who has the best credentials to lead Lagos at this time of our development. It won’t be about who can dish out the most insults or tell the most lies. It will also not be about who can instigate ethnic tensions between the Yorubas and the Igbos.
“The election will be about who has the best plan to continue with the progressive and developmental agenda of Lagos that started since 1999.
Lagos is a work in progress. In my published interviews in major newspapers this past Sunday, I was clear when I said Mr. Agbaje is my egbon. He is older than me. There is a level of decency that is expected of an elder. I still expect my opponent to hold on to those higher values we should see of elders as we progress in this campaign.
“Again, let us take the campaign away from the gutters. Let’s make it about issues that will make life more abundant for Lagosians.
“I am in this race for a Greater Lagos.
Eko a sanwa o
Babajide Sanwo-Olu.”
