All the PDP Candidates in the last Local Council Elections
2017 in Lagos state meet recently in Alimosho area of the state at the end of the well attended general meeting a communique was
issued on the leadership tussle rocking the state chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party in the state.
The
Candidates who contested in the recently concluded LG poll in Lagos
state stated that they are not really happy with the way things are
going on within the party . According to the coordinator of the group ,
Honourable Babatunde Musbau Yusuf , from Ifelodun Local Council
Development Area. We have meet as a group and we hereby issued a
communique and this we believe is in the best interest of the party
.We
just want to let the National Working Committee ,PDP BOT and every
other PDP leaders and the entire PDP lovers and supporters to know that
the problem rocking the state chapter of the party is not
Markafi/Sheriff power tussle issue, but a unanimous decision of every
well meaning youths of the party that had suffered a lot since 1998 to
2017 in struggling to ensure that PDP attain the position of a ruling
party in Lagos state.
Secondly
we are using this medium to inform our Leaders at the National level
and the general public that the internal crisis rocking the party is
between Chief Olabode George the assumed PDP Factional National leader
and The real Grassroots PDP members across the state who worked
Independently with a mind set of forming a formidable team that will
produce more and reasonable electoral victory and possibly produce the
first ever PDP Government in Lagos by 2019.
Thirdly
we strongly condemned the leadership of Chief Olabode George who does
not have a sound grassroot political record to continue to have a
predominant value over the well meaning grassroots PDP members that have
sounds grassroots and political track records.
Also,
Chief Bode George does not deserved to be a leader in the party , if
he can boldly campaign, support, financed and mobilized against PDP
which he had benefited immensely from, in favored of Labour Party and
even go to the extent of attempting to Short Changed the party's
Candidates lists at LASIEC office 2 days to the election, after publicly
announced through the media that Lagosians should vote for Labour
Party, then we are of the view that he is not worthy to continue as the
recognized leader of PDP in Lagos State . The coordinator further
revealed that Chief Bode George instructed his factional PDP members in
Lagos to decamp to labour party and contests against PDP while chief
Bode George was busy destroying, destabilizing the party, chief Mrs
Aduke Maina was encouraging and pushing the agenda of PDP in Lagos
ensuring victory for all our candidates in Lagos , this type of
individual does not fit to lead us” he submitted .
At
the end of the meeting members of the group are of the view that
Otunba Segun Adewale Aeroland is a real grass root politician with a
sound socio -political track records which a lot of well meaning
grassroots PDP members across the state can testify to.
His
political antecedent record made him to have the support of the 6
elected House of Representatives members from Lagos state to support his
leadership as the Competent State Chairman of PDP in Lagos.
At
this junction we the candidates of the just concluded local govt.
Election in Lagos State hereby pass a votes of confidence on the
leadership of Otunba Segun Adewale and his excos in Lagos State.
By
and Large, we urge the NWC and BOT to please look into the political
issues and misery surrounding Lagos PDP since 1999 till date critically,
and they will find out that Chief Bode George is only using Lagos PDP
as a money making machine at the detriments of PDP members, lovers and
supporters at the grassroots level in favour of the ruling AD, AC, ACN
and now APC party in Lagos state.
