Trusted Ambassadors, a new group, has been garnering support for Akinwunmi Ambode with calendars, handbills and posters. The former accountant general of Lagos State is gunning for the governorship of Lagos State on April 11, 2015. They have been going from house to house campaigning for the APC candidate. They have also contacted over 10,000 Lagosians through text messages, imploring them to vote for him.
Trusted Ambassadors is made up of senior civil servants, mature and respected individuals and about 11 first class Obas in Lagos. They send about six short messages (SMS), urging the electorate to vote for all APC candidates, most especially Akinwunmi Ambode, every week and have been doing that for more than 3 months now. According to them, it is because: “for Lagos to continue progressing, Ambode is the right candidate”.