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A former Governorship Candidate of the Pople’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Ade Dosunmu has stated that the party is never a place of refuge for APC rejects.
Dr. Dosunmu made the assertion in a reaction to a statement made by a former publicity secretary of the party, Taofeek Gani.
He declared that Gani Taofeek has no mandate of the party to speak on its behalf.
“Taofeek Gani, The former publicity secretary of the PDP does not have the mandate to speak for the PDP on who joins the party.
“The former Publicity Secretary’s position are his personal opinion and not that of the Lagos PDP . He does not have the mandate of the leaders to speak for the party on a sensitive issue such as who will fly the party’s flag in 2023 .
“The party is not begging any individual to come and be its candidate because there are good material with sound pedigree and experience to fly its flag.”
Dr. Dosunmu said that nothing foreclosed anyone from becoming a member of the party, being a democratic and accommodating one.
“However , whoever wishes to join the party is free to do so and work with others to win the next election for the party and not come with ambition . Come and join others to build the party .
“The party had made similar moves in the past and it did not win . Rather , it was worse for it. We should therefore learn from our mistakes.” Dr Ade Dosunmu said.
Also the publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Seye Oladejo in a swift reaction to the statement attributed to the former publicity secretary of the PDP, described it as a greek gift that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu should discountenance.
“Our attention has been drawn to the offer of the opposition PDP’s gubernatorial ticket to the governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the next national elections.
“While the thought of desperately offering its worthless electoral tickets to every passerby is laughable, the extent of the level of degradation, degeneration and comatose state of Lagos state PDP should not be lost on all and sundry.
“The platform that initially elected Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu, having acknowledged his glowing performance across various sectors in his first term, is certainly still available to recontest for another term.
“His deft handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the successful execution of the all encompassing THEMES agenda has endeared him to Lagosians as a compassionate , committed and the right leader for a time like this.
“He has, without doubt, redirected our state to the path of progress and restored our pride of place as the leading light in the federation.
“As the ruling party, we want to admonish the state governor to remain focused and undistracted from the onerous task of finishing strongly and fulfilling his part of the social contract with the good people of Lagos State.
“We wish to warn the opposition PDP to desist from its age-long tactics of perennial attempts to destabilize the ruling party by the deliberate promotion of falsehood, blackmail and arms – twisting strategies for political advantage.
“While we sympathize with Lagos State PDP over its several years of political misfortunes and misadventures, good wisdom dictates that it put its house in order to have a semblance of relevance.
“It’s pitiable that PDP could only think of fishing in the pool of capable talents in the APC while looking for people to offer it’s worthless Electoral tickets.
“This underscores the lack of attraction in the PDP and an admittance of its usual Waterloo in the forthcoming elections.
“Governor Babajide SANWO-OLU hereby unequivocally rejects this Greek gift and hereby states that APC remains his party of choice in making his next political move, which will be made known in due course to all Lagosians.”
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