BODE GEORGE SPEAKS AFTER LAGOS PDP GUBER PRIMARIES

Former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has appealed to aggrieved aspirants who lost out in the party’s governorship primaries which held yesteday at Yard 158, Plot 34 Oregun Road, Lagos. According to the results, Jimi Agbaje polled 432 votes to defeat Obanikoro who scored 343 votes, while Adedeji Doherty and Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi polled 21 votes respectively.

Addressing a press conference after the party’s controversial governorship primaries, Chief George said: “The people have spoken loud and clear. There is no ambiguity in their vision, there is no hesitation in their collective truth. They have chosen Olujimi Agbaje as their choice in the PDP governorship primary in Lagos State. This victory which is a passage of next year’s general elections is a testimony of the choice that the good people of Lagos state are clamoring for. Lagosians need a breath of fresh air. Lagosians have rejected the past with its twin venom of thuggery and hooliganism, with its virulent emblem of intolerance and calumny”.

Speaking further, he said, “The procedure was not designed by me. It was done transparently, you were all there. Our hands of friendship is extended to all those who are aggrieved. Lagos is the most strategic state in the country and we must not joke with it. All those who lost the elections are our boys. We will as one big family go and fight the enemy. Let us deliver Lagos and tell the people that there is a better alternative for them.”
Appealing to the aggrieved aspirants, he urged them to “come together to forge a formidable front against the opposition party. We must unite to frustrate their strong-hold on our state. We must work hard to thwart their return to Alausa.

“We must all put behind us the dark hindrances of personal ambition. We must all look far beyond the pretty provincial advantages. We must embrace a wider platform. Where the interest of the larger section of our people must always supersede the narrow promptings of the few. We must move away from the wicked, nauseating fixities of greed and senseless acquisition. We must move away from the callous insensitive policies of making life more difficult for the poor and needy. It is service before self. We are heading to Abuja for the national convention and when we come back, we will massage the egos of those who lost. I can assure you that we will unite all those that lost.”

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.