Nigeria Decides 2023: APC UK Chapter visits Ojelabi, drums support for Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu

By Lukman Olabiyi

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State United Kingdom (UK) Chapter, led by Tayo Sodeinde, has reaffirmed its commitment to ensure that the party’s presidential standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu emerges victorious at the 2023 general elections.

Sodeinde stated this when he and some members visited the Lagos State APC chairman,  Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi.

He said their decision was borne out of the fact that for the first time in history,  a presidential candidate has emanated from Lagos and given their culture in the diaspora to show much concern and affinity with what goes on at the home front, their total loyalty to ensuring a functional country remains sacrosanct.

He disclosed that they have started galvanizing a support base for Tinubu ever since the commencement of the PVC registration exercise, owing to their firm belief that when he holds the reins of power, there will be a total overhaul of the nation’s economy and all aspects of the people’s lives as Nigerians.

In his remarks, Otunba Tony Omotayo, Lagos APC UK’s Deputy Chairman said the support thing is more like a routine for them every election year and thereafter.

He said: “We’ve always been there and we will be there again and continue to do our best for the success of the campaign and for the re-election of our dear Governor Sanwo-Olu Babajide.

Jermaine Sanwo-Olu, the Senior Special Assistance on Diaspora and Foreign Relations to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in response said given the number of those in diaspora, the idea to make them eligible to vote might not be out of place.

“I believe many people in diaspora especially those who are politically inclined and savvy will be flying down to support and I am looking forward to a situation, whereby we can have like a diaspora voter register.

“United, we can do a lot but we need to aggregate, collaborate, come together and have this numbers. It is a very important and politically sensitive issue but it’s one we cannot deny; there must be diaspora voting in Nigeria”, he said.