The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr. Seye Oladejo, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reduced campaigns to jesting.
Oladejo, in a statement he issued yesterday in Ikeja, said: “Our attention has been drawn to the publication in a national daily where the PDP governorship candidate, Jide Adediran aka Jandor, expressed the jaundiced view that the APC state Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, will vote for him.
“Nothing can be farther from a daylight hallucination on the part of a young man, who ordinarily will be expected to have the staying power to stand the rigour of political campaigns.
“It might interest him to know that Pastor Ojelabi has a long history and association with the progressive clan. It was on this platform that he served as the chairman of Ojo Local Government, member, House of Representatives and Commissioner for Rural Development.
In all his years of meritorious service, he was not known to waver or engage in anti-party activities.
“It amounts to sheer foolery for Jandor to expect the chairman of the ruling party to vote for him in an election he’s destined to lose. This is indeed a joke taken too far.
“No real Awori betrays on the issue of principle and commitment to a lofty goal. The Awori have always belonged to the progressives right from the days of many distinguished leaders like former Deputy Governor Alhaji Rafiu Jafojo, Chief Badmus, Senator Abayomi Durosinmi, Hon. Ege, Hon. Toyin Suarau, Dr. Kayode Opeifa, Deputy Governors Orelope Adefulire, Sarah Sosan and others too numerous to mention. A real Awori person does not jump from one political party to another because they know their source and will never derail.
“We empathise with Jandor’s many unforced errors as a result of pressure and ominous signs of defeat.
He can as well save himself from further self-inflicted misery by throwing in the towel before he does irreparable damage to his psyche.”
