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Lagos4Lagos: Ogunlewe Reacts As PDP Chairman, Govs, Stalwarts Vow To Win Lagos

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Jan 24, 2022.

Lagos4Lagos: PDP Needs 8 Years Of Planning Plus Hard Work To Win Lagos – Ogunlewe reacts

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, on Saturday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) needs eight years of planning including hard work if they can get close to winning Lagos State.

Ogunlewe made this statement in an interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT while reacting to the reception of the convener of the Lagos4Lagos Movement and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulazeez Adediran, aka Jandor, into the PDP at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS).

This online media platform recalls that elected state Governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other chieftains, led by its National chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, on Friday, converged in Lagos, for the defection of members of the “Lagos4Lagos Movement”, a splinter group with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), into PDP.

Present at the official declaration of the defection of Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran-led aggrieved APC group held at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) was former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, former PDP Deputy National Chairman, Olabode George, Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo State); Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, (Abia State); Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Ezenwo Wike (Cross Rivers).

Other notable figures at the official declaration of the group from APC to PDP at the event were: Vice Presidential Candidate of PDP in 2019 general election, Peter Obi, former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, others were: Ambassador, Taofeek Arapaja, the PDP Deputy National Chairman (South), Publisher Ovation, Dele Momodu, Alhaji Rahman Owokoniran, the General Secretary of PDP, South-West, including members of the National Assembly, state and other National Executives of the party.

During the event, the PDP said it is ready to take over Lagos state in 2023.

Reacting to their threat, Ogunlewe a former PDP chieftain said winning an election, especially Lagos state which is firmly under APC’s control requires a lot of hard work.

He said “Some governors came to Lagos state yesterday for ‘Lagos4Lagos’ declaration and they said they will take over Lagos state in 2023. It is a tall order and a heroic statement. Atari ajanaku ni, kiise eru omode (the dismembered head of an elephant is not what a child can carry).

“To win an election is not by mere talking. You must walk the talk because you don’t win by mouth. You have to work very hard. Somebody is controlling 57 local councils, all the councilors, all the Road Transport unions, market women, primary and secondary school teachers and you say that you will defeat him. Where are you going to get your votes from?

“Those are the voters that are already part of APC and so you need to work to convince them to vote for you? How many teachers does PDP have in primary and secondary schools? How many supporters do they have in the markets? How many students in the tertiary institutions who are getting scholarships and bursaries do you have?

“My advice to PDP is that they need a minimum of eight years planning plus hard work to get near winning Lagos. They need money, structures and the ability to convince people. I said ‘convince the voters’ because the attitude of people towards elections today is not right at all. People don’t like to vote again. Where you have less than 10 percent of registered voters.

“They only register because they need the document for one thing or the other, not necessarily because they want to vote. On the day of the election, they will sit down at home watching television or playing football on the streets. No matter how you beg them to vote, they won’t listen.”

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