Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party has revealed that there are plans by anonymous persons to assassinate the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour ahead of Saturday’s election.
The elder statesman made the revelation on Monday during a press conference in Lagos.
At the conference, Bode recalled a similar murder of a frontline politician and governorship hopeful, Funsho Williams, who was assassinated at his Ikoyi residence ahead of the 2007 elections.
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The PDP chieftain stated he was not interested in party business in the case but to protect life.
To achieve his interest, George disclosed he and a group, Omo Eko Pataki, had uncovered the blatant plan to avoid a repetition of the dreadful history.
He said:
“We wish to inform Nigerians about the heinous plan to secretly eliminate the Labour Party Governorship Candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour, the latest move by the Lagos occupiers, to take him out of circulation before the election on Saturday.
“It’s not a matter of party, the essence of life is to open yourself to protect others and I told you that Funsho Williams is my younger brother. I was in the villa when the president then called me that I am just getting a report that they have killed Funsho Williams, they gave me a presidential plane to come down and I saw his corpse, so we don’t want a repeat.
“We, hereby, warn that, should anything happen to this vibrant bonafide Lagosian, who fate has thrown up to free our dear state from the stranglehold of marauders, Nigerians should know who to hold.”
Findings revealed since the Labour Party in Lagos demystified president-elect Bola Tinubu’s political influence in the just concluded presidential election, Mr Rhodes-Vivour’s growing popularity has unsettled staunch supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
It was said that some of the APC supporters had reaffirmed their intention to use all necessary measures to ensure that the country’s commercial capital remained the ruling party’s dominance.
