PDP gov candidate promises to end excesses of Agberos  in Lagos

The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, known as Jandor, at the presentation of the PDP Governorship Candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, to indigenes of the state residing in Lagos, promised that he would end all excesses of transport unions and motor park touts if elected governor in 2023.

Adediran at the presentation on Sunday at the Nigerian Airforce, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, stated that he is prepared to give residents of Lagos State a new lease of life.

The joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria ((JDWAN)) on Sunday declared the commencement of seven-day strike in Lagos on Monday over extortion and harassment from the motor park management and thugs popularly known as Agberos in the state.

Adediran had declared: “We will provide a new leadership in Lagos State.

“We will check the excesses of motor touts as well as Iyaloja and Babaloja in the state.

“Anyone that closes any market in the state would be sent to prison. I am not going to have any godfather.

“We will ensure that any money collected as revenue in Lagos State is spent for the people of the state as against what is currently obtainable in the state.”

The PDP governorship candidate said that the time has come to liberate the people of the state. he assured that his administration would provide opportunity for peaceful co-existence between indigenes and non-indigenes in the state.

Adediran also expressed the belief that the Akwa Ibom PDP governorship candidate, Eno, would follow the footsteps of the outing Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom when in office.

According to him, Governor Emmanuel sees what others do not see, and that he has taken him as his father.

While promising to build on the success story of Emmanuel, the PDP candidate told the people that the election would be a referendum on the performances of the outgoing Governor.

“The government of Obong Udom Emmanuel has completed so many projects in Akwa Ibom State such as good roads, street lights, walkways, fountains, dualised roads and others, and he has made us proud.

“When the standard bearer of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, came to flag off his campaign in Akwa Ibom, he said that Nigeria wants to be Akwa Ibom.

“The Governor is building the fourth longest bridge in Nigeria. He has opened Akwa Ibom by air, land and see.

“With these, it is time to go back home, Udom is working. We will send you logistics to come home to vote, while those here should vote for the PDP,” he said.

Eno said that Akwa Ibom was fast developing, adding that “the election is not a popularity contest, but that it is about a need and impactful assessment.”

He said that Emmanuel brought peace to the state, hence the need to continue the trajectory of development.

“We have ‘Arise Agenda’. We want to ensure that we all have dividends of democracy and take it to the grassroots.

“We will have proper farm settlement with hostels and facilities. We will have people work in those farms. We will build on security and we will block waterways and provide adequate security, fund education.

“I will create 5,000 non-governmental jobs. I will start small and grow fast. There are many other things we would do employment,” he said.