Why Governor Sanwo-Olu will not attend guber debate—APC Chieftain

<h4>Why Governor Sanwo-Olu will not attend guber debate<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Bestman Jumbo-Eze&comma; an All Progressives Congress&comma; APC chieftain who is directly involved in the campaign process of the party has added his voice and reason governor of Lagos State&comma; Mr&period; Babajide Sanwo-Olu would not be available for debate for now&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Babajide Sanwo-Olu is seeking a re election in the March 31&comma; 2023 guber contest in Lagos State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Asked the about the attendance of the governor for a debate alongside candidates of other political parties&comma; Bestman Jumbo-Eze who clarified the alleged disruption of Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP campaigns in Lagos by agents of APC on Arise TV Sunday programme said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; Sanwo-Olu’s grassroots campaign strategies do not create room for debate&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;He noted that the governor is not afraid of any debate but his election strategic schedules may not give room to attend any debate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; Lagos State government&comma; earlier&comma; spoke on the flood of comments sparked by a shocking video of a group of thugs shooting in broad daylight in Surulere&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy&comma; Gbenga Omotoso&comma; reads in part &colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Following advice from competent sources&comma; including elders and respectable Lagosians&comma; we will henceforth shun any forum that may require us to be together with PDP and its agents of violence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Consequently&comma; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu regrets to announce that he will not be participating at The Platform Governorship Debate of January 29&comma; 2023&period; The Governor holds <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tribuneonlineng&period;com&sol;">Pastor Poju Oyemade and the Covenant Christian Church family<&sol;a> in high esteem and cherishes future opportunities to engage the congregation and render accounts of his stewardship to them as integral parts of the Lagos electorate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We will never be found in the company of those to whom the lives of innocent Lagosians mean nothing&period; Mr Sanwo-Olu won’t share a podium with them&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;It would be recalled that similar debate calls have been made to Bola Tinubu&comma; the APC presidential candidate who&comma; in England&comma; dismissed such calls describing them as ploys to use him to make money&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;