Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has condemned
soldiers’ siege on the Bourdillon residence of the All Progressive Congress,
APC, National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Soldiers had been deployed to Tinubu’s residence where they
have kept surveillance of the house for three consecutive days, raising fear
that the central government is trying to cow the opposition party to
submission.
Speaking at the APC campaign rally in Ejigbo area of Lagos,
Southwest Nigeria on Tuesday, Fashola said the federal government is even
removing security from INEC.
“In the last three days, they deployed soldiers to the home
of Asiwaju. Every night now, they send a truck load of soldiers to his home.
But I have news for them, we will not be intimidated by their actions.
“Our votes will speak for us. Let me remind them that if
Yar’Adua was alive, the owner of this mandate, he will be preparing to leave
the office now. When President Goodluck Jonathan was seeking for our votes in
2011, he didn’t deploy soldiers to our homes rather he was begging us.
“He said that he had no shoes. And after he assumed office,
he has since inflicted pains on us. After giving him 1.2 million votes, we have
no minister and that shows that he doesn’t care about Lagos. But we need to let
him know that Lagos is unique,” he said.
The governor said Jonathan-led administration has been lying
to Nigerians over what it did not do, saying that the Federal Government said
that they have constructed 25,000 kilometres of road network since the
beginning of this administration.
“And if one divides the number by the states and the FCT, it
means that FG would have succeeded in constructing 690 kilometres in every
state. From Lagos to London, it is 5,025 kilometres. But it is alarming that
Nigerians cannot see the roads. For instance the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is 104
kilometres, and it is not good. This administration has never budgeted 40 per
cent of its budget for capital project,” he stated.
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