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Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola, Chairman/CEO of Forte Oil, has accepted to run for the governorship seat of the Lagos State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).  The report was posted on Twitter by Dele Momodu who wrote; Breaking news: Lagos 2019 promises to be interesting. PDP offers Femi Otedola governorship ticket. He's accepted and personally confirmed to — Dele Momodu Ovation (@DeleMomodu) September 11, 2018 According to the report, the opposition party offered the billionaire oil magnate the ticket of the party, and he wholeheartedly accepted. Otedola will, therefore, in the long run, square up against whoever the All Progressives Congress (APC) throws up as its party candidate as it is still embroiled in the battle of supremacy between the loyalists of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Over 50 council chairmen loyal to Bola Tinubu, his estranged godfather, have met and pledged their support for Jide S