Members of the Mende community in Lagos have expressed their readiness to work together with the All Progressives Congress (APC) party and its governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, to take the state to the next level.

The community’s representatives of the artisans, party members, youths, market men and women, the physically-challenged, and representatives of the each resident ethnic nationalities in the community, all took turns to appraise Ambode’s capabilities to lead Lagos into another level of greatness, hence, their support for his candidacy.

“We give you double assurance that come Saturday, the whole of Mende will come out to vote en masse, and the APC will come out tops”, said Hon. Adewunmi Oyebolu, one of the community leaders.

In his response, Ambode said Lagos is set to truly get to a next level where development and growth will be sped up, with the support of the newly elected APC government at the centre.

“Let this coming Saturday bring good tidings to Lagos. It will be for the benefit of all, when we have the capacity and support to do much more in our state. The possibilities of an APC government at both levels of government is so promising, and I’m sure we all can t wait to explore it”, Ambode urged.