From Tony Osauzo, Benin
Former House of Representatives member, Patrick Obahiagbon, yesterday, recalled the contributions of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to the enthronement of democracy in the country and called on Edo women to be his foot-soldiers in his campaign to become the next president of the country.
Speaking at an APC women summit in Benin, organised by the office of the party’s Deputy National Treasurer, Omorede Osifo-Marshal, in collaboration with Tinubu Mandate Coalition (TMG), Obahiagbon, who was the chairman of the event, asked: “When Rome was burning where were those in the political field today; when MKO Abiola, the voice of the people was murdered by the state, one man, Tinubu, stood up, sacrificed his finances to pursue pro-democracy cause, went to exile for four years. That is where he stands shoulder higher than the others in the race.”
On the antecedents and achievements of the APC presidential candidate, Obahiagbon said before he became governor of Lagos, it was regarded as the dirtiest state capital in the world but he turned things around.
Besides, the former lawmaker popularly known as ‘Igodomigodo’, said Tinubu raised the internally generated revenue of Lagos from N600 million monthly to N50 billion and introduced free healthcare for children, describing the APC candidate as a detribalised man who had Nigerians from all parts of the country in his cabinet.