The Abiola Mandate Group has endorsed the presidential candidacy of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and declared their full support for Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu on his second term bid as Governor of Lagos State during a press conference organized by the group in the homestead of the late business mogul and politician Aare Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola on MKO Abiola Crescent, off Toyin Street, Ikeja today 28th January,2023.

The chairman of Abiola Mandate Group Alhaji Olalekan Abiola pronounced the group endorsement of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidential bid and Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu’s second term bid while addressing the press in the presence of family members, members of the Abiola Mandate Group, and the representatives of the leadership of Independent Campaign Council for Tinubu-Shetima and Sanwo-Olu-Hamzat.

He emphasized that the Mandate Group structure shall work in tandem with the ICC across Lagos State and Nigeria at large.

Alhaji Olalekan Abiola said that his father was a progressive during his life time. He submitted that his father ran for the presidency of the country, though he won but was not given the mandate.

He went further to eulogize Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s examplary life of love to people from all clans in the country. He stated once again that Asiwaju Tinubu was a staunch follower of his father.

On his part, the Director of Grassroots Engagement Directorate of Independent Campaign Council for Tinubu/Shettima and Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat, Hon. Abdulbaq Ladi Balogun who led the ICC delegates to the venue described Basorun M K O Abiola as a Great Leader who inspired the current national leader and the presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be a rugged lover of the masses. He noted that what Asiwaju had done in Lagos during his 8 years as governor shall be replicated in Nigeria.

Dignitaries at the event were Alhaji Olalekan Abiola, Hon. Ladi Balogun, Mrs. Sherifat Abiola, Hon. Babatunde among others.


The Tinubu/Shettima and Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat Independent Campaign Council (ICC)