Wishing a 3-term incumbent well while saying he’s the only one who didn’t “succumb” is a proper power move. Polite on the surface but the subtext is loud: the machine has spoken…good luck swimming against it.
Nigerian politics rewards her kind of boldness when it works because she’s playing the game exactly as it is actually played not the fairytale version y’all are dreaming of.
Lagos Junction@LagosJunction
“The others stepped down and are supporting me and they’re all here, but the only person that didn’t step down and insisted on going to the primaries is Hon. Desmond Elliot. I wish him all the best, and I wish myself luck too. I’m praying that on Wednesday, I emerge as the APC candidate for the Lagos State House of Assembly, Surulere Constituency I.” —Hon Barakat Odunuga Bakare during her official declaration to contest for the Lagos State House of Assembly seat, Surulere Constituency I. Follow us to stay connected @LagosJunction
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