Lagos 2015: ‘Nothing Can Save APC From Defeat’
Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is already jittery ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in the state, adding that no emergency surgical operation will save the party from defeat in 2015.
The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Taofik Gani, who said this during an interview, stated confidently that his party will win the governorship election in Lagos next year.
His words: “APC is already jittery because they know that they will lose in Lagos, just the way they lost in Ekiti. No emergency surgical operation can save them from defeat. They will go the way of Ekiti APC. Just as we warned Governor Kayode Fayemi, we have been shouting for over seven years that Governor Babatunde Fashola’s government is too elitist and he has not changed. In fact, it has become worse.
“The victory of PDP in Ekiti State is an added advantage for the PDP in Lagos State, which is already set to win the governorship election in 2015. Already people are disenchanted with the APC-led government in Lagos State. I’m certain that most Lagosians would vote the APC out, and this time we would make our votes count.
“With the outcome of the Ekiti election, we are happy that people have started looking at real issues rather than propaganda and falsehood. Even if we had not won Ekiti, we would still win in Lagos because it is the surest state for the PDP to win now. The APC is currently at its lowest ebb in terms of acceptance in Lagos State,” he said.
Speaking on Governor Fashola’s reaction on Ekiti State guber election, he said,”what morality does Fashola have to say people were given money to vote for the PDP in Ekiti, when he knows that they are the ones that started this ‘jeun soke’ kind of politics?
“He conducted the worst local government election ever in the country. Why would he insult Ekiti people saying they chose to collect money and rice over Fayemi’s achievements? My question is: what achievements? I was in Ekiti, I didn’t see any clear thing that Fayemi did.
“Fayose said the stadium they used to campaign, he refurbished it; the biggest market, which people named Fayose Market, he built it. Did Fayemi build any school or university? Maybe Fashola was talking about the type of performance we have in Lagos, where everything is by concessionaire, with high debt profile,” he added.
Speaking on the role the national leadership of the party is playing in the bid to win the state, he said that with the calibre of aspirants that the party has, many of whom are at the peak of their professional callings, the party will have a rancour-free primary.
“We also want to warn those close to the Presidency, who are PDP in Abuja and APC in Lagos, to steer clear from Lagos politics. They misrepresent our capability to the Presidency and the national headquarters of the PDP,” he said.
Source: PM News
