Rhodes-Vivour also mocked politicians who are deploying propaganda to stop his desire to build a new Lagos, saying it will not work
By Kehinde Okeowo
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour also known as GRV has asserted that Nigerian youths are close to taking over governance and having their dream country realised.
The 40-year-old also said the postponement of gubernatorial polls by INEC would not save Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other aspirants from imminent defeat.
Rhodes-Vivour made this known while speaking at a meeting tagged “Youth O’ Clock” in Ikeja on Thursday.
He said: “We know that the goal and what we are going through is far bigger than I and any of us.
“It is a project that will lift the lives of millions of Lagosians up and in turn lift the lives of many Nigerians It is a project to free Lagos from the shackle hold of tyranny.
“A Lagos State where the inner roads will work, where our people will have quality healthcare, water, quality public education, not one where parents keep struggling trying to find how to pay school fees for their children to go to private school.”
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He went on to say his victory is almost 90 per cent assured, while also promising Lagosian a very bright future.
“We are already 90 percent there. We need to bring this thing home. I want you to understand that the moment we take Lagos, this fire of a new type of politics will engulf Nigeria.
“You start to find politicians that mean well for the people, that can articulate their vision and positive about change.
“No more status quo, we are changing the narrative to have a new Lagos and a new Nigeria. We will set a new standard,” Rhodes-Vivour said.
Hailing Nigerian youths for voting for the LP’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed on Feb. 25, he expressed confidence they would retrieve their allegedly stolen mandate.
GRV further said that he was disappointed by INEC’s inability to transmit polling units results electronically on Feb. 25 as promised, alleging that LP votes were stolen in thousands.
The Lagos LP gubernatorial candidate assured that the youths would resist all forms of intimidation or harassment like never seen before in the forthcoming elections,
“They (old politicians) do not understand the energy that is doing this thing. This is energy that you cannot buy, this is energy spurred by hope, belief, and love.
“The first time I saw the energy in the youth was on Oct. 1, when we had that rally, and I saw human beings mobilizing without being mobilized.
“I knew that there is something that has changed. The people have finally woken up and decided that it is their time and we have shown them,” he added.
Rhodes-Vivour went on to mock politicians who are deploying propaganda to stop his desire to build a new Lagos, saying it will not work.
He urged the youth to be in charge in the March 18 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, saying that the party was making arrangements for solid security for voters.
