By Olasunkanmi Akoni

Concerned residents, under the aegis of Lagos Residents Association, LRA, have urged the immediate past Governor of the state, Akinwumi Ambode to join in the race for the governorship of the state in the 2027 general elections, assuring him of total support.

The group stressed that Ambode possess the capacity to transform the state if given the second chance to complete the good job he started.

Recall that Ambode who governed the state from 2015 to 2019 lost the ticket of his party, All Progressives Congress, APC, under controversial circumstances during the primary election, a development that denied him a second term in office.

LRA, in a statement by its President General, Dr. Olumuyiwa Adesanmi, urged APC, Lagos State chapter to give its governorship ticket to the former governor for his loyalty.

Adesanmi, said “It is the constitutional right of Ambode to seek a second term, the circumstances under which he lost the party’s ticket for a second term was suspicious.”

The group, therefore, urged the former governor to join in the race to succeed the incumbent governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu whose second term in office will end in 2027.

According to him, “Former Governor Ambode enjoys humongous support among residents of Lagos whose lives he touched positively while in office.

“We all understand how he lost his bid for a second term in office and not on the ground of performance.

“The legacy he left behind both in human capital development, infrastructure and total transformation of Lagos is still there for all to see.

“We residents of the state are solidly behind him and calling him to come back and complete what he has started in our dear state,” the group stated.

It has also volunteered to purchase the nomination and expression of interest forms of the governing APC to contest the election.