The
emergence of Nollywood star, Desmond Elliot as All Progressives
Congress (APC) candidate for the coming 2015 state assembly election
where he’ll be representing his people of Surulere Constituency, Lagos
if he wins, unknown to many, involved a heated disagreement among the
stakeholders before the day the primaries were held.
The
power-play that engulfed the air was a big one and it took decisions at
the highest level before the popular actor got the nod of the leadership
of the party for him to be able to unseat the perceived ally of
Governor Babatunde Fashola who held the seat till date.
According
to information at our disposal, the trio of Governor Babatunde Fashola,
APC National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former president,
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who incidentally is on sabbatical from PDP
influenced the decision to vote in the actor.
A close
source to Asiwaju disclosed that, the seat which is held by Hon. Kabiru
Lawal, a very close ally of Governor Fashola would have remained if not
for the power play by the leadership. We gathered that the actor had
informed Governor Fashola of his intention to vie for the post but he
only told him to continue working without any concrete assurance. He
then took advantage of his relationship with former President Chief
Obasanjo whom he informed of his ambition at the Hilltop house in
Abeokuta.
It was at
this instance that ‘Baba’ who has already been romancing APC for long
directly called Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to appeal to Governor Fashola to
give the slot to him by allowing the actor to win. This was how Governor
Fashola had a lengthy discussion with Asiwaju since the slot initially
belonged to the governor.
At
the end, it was agreed that, a political position would be given to
Kabiru Lawal while Desmond was voted in by delegates in the area.
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