Forte Oil Chairman, Femi Otedola, has accepted an offer by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest election as Lagos State governor, Ovation International Publisher, Dele Momodu, has claimed.
Mr Momodu made the unexpected disclosure in a message posted with his verified Twitter account on Tuesday.
“Lagos 2019 promises to be interesting. PDP offers Femi Otedola governorship ticket. He’s accepted and personally confirmed to The Boss newspaper,” the celebrity publisher wrote.
Breaking news: Lagos 2019 promises to be interesting. PDP offers Femi Otedola governorship ticket. He’s accepted and personally confirmed to The Boss newspaper…
— Dele Momodu Ovation (@DeleMomodu) September 11, 2018
It comes a day after incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC) obtained his party’s nomination form to contest for a second term in office.
Otedola, son of late former Governor Michael Otedola, had dismissed the idea of running for governor as recently as May 2018.
He said in a tweet back then: “The Governor of Lagos State is doing a commendable job and Lagosians should be proud of him.”
But Momodu, in an Instagram message in July described him as a future governor.
