The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday declared that the decision to scuttle the second term bid of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was beyond him.
He said it was the decision of members of the party and he had to obey their wish.
According to him, Ambode might have done well, he was not a good party man and that was his undoing.
Tinubu who made the remarks while speaking with journalists at Ward C, Ikeja local government area of Lagos State at the end of the governorship primary conducted by the APC said as a leader, he had to obey his followers, hence the support for Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who contested against Ambode for the governorship post.
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Said he: “Who did I support in 2014? Ambode. Life is dynamic. It’s those who made me the leader of the structure in Lagos who said it was what they want. It’s only if you have followers that you’re a leader in democracy.
“If I look back and I don’t find them again; if I don’t respond to them, if I fail to accede to their request, I would have failed the leadership test.
“This is not personal; it is beyond me as a person. Every democratic constitution is preceded by ‘We, the people’. So, I had to submit myself to the wishes and the yearnings of our party.
“This is an elixir for the general election. Ambode Akin, he’s doing well, yes; he hasn’t been a good party man; not only the glamour, not only about brick and mortal. A talent is determined by character. For you to become an influential person, you have to respond to the yearnings of the people. This is politics; democracy, one man, one vote.”
