Ovation International Publisher, Dele Momodu, on Tuesday said Forte Oil Chairman, Femi Otedola, has accepted to run for election as Lagos State governor in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“Lagos 2019 promises to be interesting. PDP offers Femi Otedola governorship ticket. He’s accepted and personally confirmed to The Boss newspaper,” the celebrity journalist wrote in a Twitter message.
Otedola had, however, denied rumours in May that he was running for the office of governor.
My attention has been drawn to a news piece where false information from a parody account was posted. I am a man of the people and I will always be on the side of the masses but I am stating clearly via this medium that I am not running for office.
— Femi Ote$ (@realFemiOtedola) May 17, 2018
He said incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was “doing a commendable job and Lagosians should be proud of him.”
The Governor of Lagos State is doing a commendable job and Lagosians should be proud of him.
— Femi Ote$ (@realFemiOtedola) May 17, 2018
The son of late former Governor Michael Otedola, the oil mogul had not reacted to Momodu’s revelation as at the time of filing this report.
