Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos Governorship aspirant has debunked allegations by his opponent and Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode that he was mentally unstable and had been arrested for spending fake dollars in the United States.
In a statement issued on Sunday night, Sanwo-Olu said: “I shall never consciously do anything that will undermine the dignity of the office (of the governor) nor will I engage in personal attacks against the holder of that office. My pursuit of office will continue to be based on issues that matter to Lagosians and not on attacks against someone’s character, even when he attacks mine. For anyone to engage in unwarranted character attacks against me, reveals more about that person’s character than it says about mine. Thus, I felt sad for Lagos as I watched the press conference by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode…In this vein, I forgive him and hope he regains his balance and proper comportment, no matter the outcome of tomorrow’s contest. After all, we are both here to improve Lagos, not to wrestle in its streets.
“However, I must clear up some inaccuracies in the governor’s statement. His allegation that I was arrested for spending fake dollars at a nightclub in the United States was untrue. In fact, the governor knows I travelled to the United States just last month. I would not have been allowed to travel or even gotten a visa if I had been involved in what the governor falsely alleged.
“His claim that I underwent some unidentified type of ‘rehabilitation’ at the Gbagada General Hospital was also shameless and untrue. Promulgation of salacious rumour should not be part of the job description of a governor. This is not the stuff of high office. People should question whether it is ethically right for the governor to turn what should be confidential medical information about a citizen into a weapon of political warfare? But for avoidance of doubt, let it be stated that I never received any treatment whatsoever at the Gbagada General Hospital.”