The Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu I, has disclosed that Lagos would only support President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid if he grants the state special status before the 2019 general elections.
The traditional ruler also blamed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for Lagos not being granted special status before now, and condemned the Senate’s 2016 rejection of a bill to recognise the state as the nation’s commercial capital.
Akiolu said this at a Town Hall meeting organised by the Lagos State Government and held in Apapa on Tuesday.
He urged Buhari to revisit the demand for special status for the state to enjoy widespread support among residents.
“During the recent visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Lagos, I wanted to ask him that it was God and All Progressives Congress, APC that helped to bring him to power. And that he must satisfy Lagos. I expected APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to ask him for special status. I wrote to National Assembly that I want to present Lagos case on the floor,” Vanguard quoted the monarch as saying