Akinwunmi Ambode has perfected plans to dump the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Accord Party, sources familiar with the intrigues in Alausa disclosed to Pulse on conditions of anonymity.
Ambode fell out with his godfather, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, before the APC governorship primary election which held on Tuesday, October 2, 2018.
The fallout would lead to Ambode getting trounced during the primary election by anointed candidate Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu.
Ambode had also lost the support of the APC grassroot structure in Lagos and the governor was abandoned by his deputy on voting day.
Since his humiliating defeat, an embattled Ambode has shunned the spotlight and he has lost the support of lawmakers in the State House of Assembly—an indication that he can no longer see key legislation to fruition until the May 29, 2019 handover date.
There are also insinuations in Lagos APC circles that Ambode could be impeached before his handover, even though the Speaker of the House recently dispelled the rumours.
Now feeling increasingly frustrated on the job and alienated by his own political party, Ambode has settled for a platform from where he will at least be allowed to call the shots to some degree, we have learnt.
Ambode, said one source, has purchased the Accord governorship nomination form through a proxy.
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