APC will win 2019 election with wide margin in Lagos –Balogun
Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Babatunde Balogun has said that the party will win the 2019 election with wide margin in the state.
Addressing members of the APC in United Kingdom, who visited him at the party secretariat in Lagos, Balogun said his predecessor Otunba Dele Ajomale never lost any election when he was the chairman of the party, adding that APC’s winning streaks under Ajomale set a standard which must be built upon.
He noted that the party was working hard to ensure the oppositions were defeated overwhelmingly in 2019.
He thanked members of the UK APC for their unflinching support, stressing that the party would continue to need them for the coming election.
He said: “There is no doubt that my predecessor never lost any election in Lagos. He laid a solid foundation and it is left for me to take the challenge. I have to build on the foundation he laid.
“I am determined to take the party to a new height, of course he had been winning election, what I want to add to it that whenever we win today, we will win overwhelmingly.
“That is why we have been going on massive membership drive and at the same time mobilising the support of the large number of Nigerians. With the support of the people, we shall meet our target.”
The chairman maintained that members of the diasporas have very crucial role to play in terms of mobilization and remitting their dues to the party.
President of the UK APC, Tayo Sodeinde said they were in Lagos to formalise a channel of communication, ensuring the party delivers on the 2019 election.
He urged Nigerians to support the party in view of what it achieved in the international forum for Nigeria living abroad.
Sodiende maintained that the country was respected in the international community, stressing UK APC member would expand the coast of the party followership.
“We thank the Lagos APC chairman, we are aware of the enormous challenge ahead of him, but we will support him just like we supported his predecessor. We will be in Nigeria during the election to give the party all the support,” he said.
