AMBODE PRAISES TINUBU
Amidst the current political controversies surrounding their relationship Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has given some accolades to his political god-father, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Speaking on Monday , at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre, Lagos, Ambode who was invited to speak immediately after Tinubu, said, “Actually, I didn’t prepare to come and say anything here… And who am I to speak after the Jagaban (Tinubu) has spoken?”
His sentence got the audience and himself laughing, before he went on to speak on the occasion.
“But obviously, the truth is, there is no person that has actually gone through the profession of accountancy that would not have had anything to do with Uncle Jim, and that is the truth.”
Other dignitaries at the event are Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Rilwan Akiolu, Oba of Lagos, governors of Delta, Borno and Taraba states. As he mounted the podium, Ambode acknowledged the dignitaries, saying he was not prepared to give a speech.
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