2023: Governor Sanwo-Olu To Join PDP? Party Chieftain Speaks On Attractive Offer
- Ganiu Taofik, a chieftain of the PDP, has said that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has the chance of being re-elected in 2023
- However, Taofik noted that this possibility is hinged on the condition that the Lagos governor decides to defect to the PDP
- Taofik, a former PDP spokesman in Lagos, boasted that the opposition party in the state is the best platform for good governance
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Lagos - If Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is interested in retaining his office in 2023, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will give him the party's ticket provided he defects from the All progressives Congress (APC).
This was the offer of Ganiu Taofik, a chieftain of the opposition party, on Thursday, February 3, when he spoke in an interview with Punch.
Source: UGC
Taofik who boasted that the PDP gives the state the best platform for governance, said Lagosians have confidence in the ability of the party to deliver.
He cited the recent defection of Olajide Adediran (aka Jandor) from the ruling party to buttress his argument.
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His words:
“Recently, we had a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Olajide Adediran aka Jandol, decamp with his group, Lagos4Lagos, into the PDP. This is because they have confidence and they have seen that the PDP is a better platform.
“Governor Sanwo-Olu probably could have done 100 per cent more than he has done if he were not to be in the APC because it is a structural thing; the PDP in Lagos has a controlling leadership for sanity, morality and service delivery but what they have in the APC is a selfish leadership. That is why Governor Sanwo-Olu cannot do more than what he is doing.
“If Governor Sanwo-Olu is checking to have a ticket to recontest, we will give him the opportunity to contest the primary election in the PDP like every other aspirant. Everybody has a level playing field in the PDP, unlike the APC where nobody can become a councillor without the leader’s support..."
2023: Tinubu in trouble as Fashola's 'influential boy' Jandor Is set to join PDP
Meanwhile, There were indications that a Jandor would officially join the PDP on Tuesday, January 11.
Jandor used to be a loyalist and influential ally of Babajide Fashola, a former Lagos governor, but was aggrieved over the conduct and results of the APC's party’s ward, local, and state congresses and as such, dumped the ruling party in 2021.
During a special ceremony at Tafawa Balewa Square, Onikan, Lagos, Jandor who used to be an APC factional leader will be received into the PDP by Governor Seyi Makinde, some top PDP senators, and members of the House of Representatives.
Source: Legit.ng
