The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Femi Hamzat has denied that his first son joined Lagos youths to show support for the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi.
During the weekend, the picture of a young man said to be his son son trended tops on social media. He was seen matching during the rally in a T-shirt with the logo of the Labour Party and photos of the presidential flag bearer and his deputy, Yussuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.
A caption said: “Femi Hamzat, Lagos State Deputy Governor’s 1st son joins the movement of Obidient. Dude wants to be Yusful to himself”, the caption read.
The rejoinder explained that the individual in the photograph is neither the deputy governor’s son nor his relative.
Gov Sanwo-Olu’s deputy warned supporters of Peter Obi to stop cheap tactics that would not yield political gains.
Hamzat gave the warning in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Tunde Alao as well as the Lagos State Government issued the statement:
The Lagos State Govt @followlasg: “We hope that Nigerians will detect these tendencies to deceive and see it for what it is. It is too late in the day to keep lying to Nigerians. It won’t work.
“Tunde Alao
“Senior Special Assistant to the Governor (Media) Office of the Lagos State Deputy Governor
“#LASG“
It called the claim another mischievous, false and malicious attempt to cause friction between the deputy governor and loyalists across Nigeria.
It noted that Hamzat has a reputation of commitment and loyalty to the Sanwo-Olu led administration and the All Progressives Congres (APC).
“His support is for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima.
“Our party and all our supporters are working hard to ensure that our candidates get the votes of Nigerians and ours is not about bogus statistics and lies,” he said.
He advised Obi’s supporters to get serious with their campaigns and urged Nigerians to be on the look out for actions meant to deceive them.
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