Gov. Fashola said he didn't sack Ambode

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has responded to the allegations of the PDP members  saying  that he did not sack the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, while the latter was the Accountant-General of the state.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had on various occassions said Ambode was sacked by Fashola for financial misconduct but Fashola denied the allegation, saying it was part of the desperate attempts by the PDP to win Saturday’s governorship election.

Fashola made this known in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Hakeem Bello, on Saturday. The statement read, “Governor Fashola has repudiated the insinuation that the APC governorship candidate was dismissed from the state’s civil service, describing it as one of the many lies of the PDP aimed at deceiving voters into voting for them. “He explained that Mr. Ambode retired voluntarily from the public service after 27 years of meritorious service to the state, adding that he (governor) wrote him a letter of commendation.” Fashola urged the people of the state not to vote for the PDP on Saturday stating that the PDP-led Federal Government had done nothing to deserve their votes. He also alleged that the Federal Government still owed Lagos about N51bn. The statement added, “The governor noted that the PDP had done nothing in the last 16 years but lie to Nigerians about practically everything, including the state of the economy and the security situation as well as other sensitive issues that affect the lives of the people.

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