The senatorial candidate of the APC for Lagos East, Tokunbo Abiru, has hailed the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s role in his emergence.
Abiru is contesting in the bye-election scheduled for October 31 to fill the seat left vacant by Senator Bayo Osinowo, who died of COVID-19 complications in June.
He vowed to live up to expectation after he clinched the party’s ticket as the sole candidate in a primary conducted by APC’s former National Welfare Officer, Ibrahim Masari.
Hailing Tinubu’s leadership qualities, the candidate said, “In all ramifications, he has been a leading light not only to Lagos State, but also the federation at large. This was again made evident in a media interview a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal granted about fortnight ago.
“In that interview, Mr. Lawal attested: ‘Asiwaju is a colossus of Southwest politics. If he had said there would be no merger in 2013, there would not have been any merger we now refer to APC.’
“With this testimony and numerous others, history will affirm the place of Asiwaju Tinubu in the conception, birth, growth and consolidation of APC.”
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Abiru, a former Managing Director of Polaris Bank, added, “With Asiwaju’s immense contribution, APC is now a ruling party at federal level with control of 21 states of the federation. This is a great feat historians will document as part of the political evolution of Nigeria.
“This is an attestation to your firm belief in our great party and its leadership.”