Jakande, Marwa, not Tinubu built Lagos – ADC
Tamarauemi Ebimini
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that Lagos State was built by former governor Lateef Jakande, famously known as ‘Baba Kekere’ and former military administrators – General Mobolaji Johnson and Brigadier Buba Marwa.
The Lagos State chairman of the party, George Ashiru, said the three former leaders made significant contributions to the development of the state more than what has been achieved by successive governors in the fourth republic led by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The APC had attributed the development of the state to Tinubu, who was governor from 1999 to 2007 and has been instrumental in choosing his successors, which included Babatunde Fashola, Akinwunmi Ambode and incumbent Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
However, Ashiru, who said Lagos enjoyed special attention from successive federal governments since the days of British colonialism due to its political and economic potential, stressed that Jakande, Johnson and Marwa established its structure and infrastructure without unduly exploiting the state and creating a dynasty out of it.
Ashiru, who claimed that Lagos has had marginal development since 1999, said Lagosians are tired of the APC just as Nigerians were tired of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015.
