AD governors stand by Tinubu

Governors from the opposition Alliance for Democracy (AD) met in Lagos on Monday and vowed to back their Lagos State counterpart, Bola Tinubu, over the threat by the federal government to declare a state of emergency in his state, ‘The Guardian’ reported on Tuesday.

“We believe he is doing his best to contain the situation in Lagos within the limits of the constitution and so we stand by him,” Ogun State governor Segun Osoba told journalists after the meeting, describing the recent threat by the federal government as slightly “alarmist”.

The governors told the federal government to find out who was supporting the recent surge of violence in Lagos State and not to blame everything on the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC). Osoba said the recent crisis and violent clashes in Lagos State were attempts to destabilise the southwest and the entire country. He described the crisis as a “deep security problem” which should be treated as such and said the federal government must look beyond the OPC to unmask “fifth columnists” attempting to create instability in the country.