Lagos 2023: Muri-Okunola denies ‘secret plan’ to succeed Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, has actually exposed claims that he was a nursing a governorship aspiration.

Some political forces and state senior citizens are reportedly backing him to be successful Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in 2023.

The speculations circulated late January, an advancement that forced the All Progressives Congress (APC) elders to provide a defense.

In a declaration, Muri-Okunola rejected a secret plan to, in addition to others, deny Sanwo-Olu a second term.

The lawyer restated his assistance for the existing administration’s strategy to establish great policies and facilities.

Muri-Okunola implicated fifth writers of attempting to create a dispute in between him and the guv.

“I restate my assistance for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his administration’s THEMES Agenda– the six-pillar advancement plan that is the compass for his tasks and policies.

“I am totally concentrated on performing my duties as head of service of the Lagos state government and taking the Public Service to greater heights”, he wrote.

The 50-year-old warned mischief makers to stop developing confusion by playing the faith card.

Muri-Okunola, a Tinubu protégé with a broad support base, is the first boy of the late Justice Muritala Okunola.

He was Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Social Development; Executive Secretary, Land Use and Allocation Committee in between 2005 and 2011.