The Lagos State guber candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, has revealed why he rejected merger talks with the Labour Party ahead of the governorship election this Saturday, March 18.
Adediran who disclosed this on Wednesday while featuring on Arise Television’s Morning Show program, said he couldn’t agree on the alliance because he didn’t want to gamble going into the election, claiming that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour had two pending court cases bordering on his candidacy.
Jandor also said he would have agreed if the parties put forward the best between the two.
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He said, “When Peter Obi called me, because I met with Peter Obi. And my principal also called me, which is Atiku Abubakar, on this matter. Peter Obi said your principal will call you and I will also call the other guy. Let us first discuss whether or not an alliance will work amongst you. And I said I don’t have a problem with alliance, the problem I have is how we are going to go into it not gambling by making sure we put our best foot forward.
“When I had this discussion with my principal, and the same discussion I had with Peter Obi, Okay Jandor, how will this alliance work? Of course the alliance can work if we are ready to put our best foot forward and analyze the two candidates. This other person has two pending cases on candidacy, one is in the Supreme Court. We are not ready to gamble going into the election. That’s why it didn’t work.”