Agbaje
Former aspirants who lost in the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primaries to pick candidates for the various offices have thrown their weight behind the governorship of Mr. Jimi Agbaje.
A
statement issued by the Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organisation (JACO) on
Tuesday stated that the decision was reached at a stakeholders’
parley between Agbaje and the aspirants.
Although
they expressed reservations regarding the outcome of the primaries
and the unjust substituting of some of the names of some erstwhile
victorious aspirants, the PDP members at the meeting held at the
campaign secretariat of the governorship hopeful on Monday, they
promised to work for the success of party in the forthcoming general
elections scheduled to commence in February 16.
Apart
from Agbaje, who was joined by his Running Mate, Mrs. Haleemat
Buhari, other leaders of the party present at the meeting included,
former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, a member of the
PDP Board of Trustees, Hajia Aduke Maina and the State Deputy
Chairman, Alhaji Hassan.
Members
of the group who termed themselves as “aggrieved aspirants”
reeled out series of infractions that characterised the primaries,
saying, despite perceived lapses, they had resolved to support
candidates of the party at the polls.
After
listening to their complaints, a visibly elated Agbaje told them that
their sacrifice for the party would not be in vain.
His
words: "I am happy to meet all of you today. I am particularly
delighted that despite the fact that the primaries didn't go the way
you have envisaged, you are still faithful with the cause. I am also
happy that you have decided to sacrifice your individual ambitions
for the collective good of all Lagosians. The task to liberate our
state from the stranglehold of an individual is a collective one.
"It
is not about me but about the people of the state who are bearing the
brunt of the rulership of the prevailing order in the state. With the
decision you have taken, I am assuring you that you would carried
along as valued stakeholders."
Ogunlewe,
in his remarks, said the elections called for the collective efforts
of all to wreste power from the ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC), saying, Agbaje had become the symbol of the struggle and all
stakeholders must rally behind him.
"I
am assuring you that the day Agbaje becomes the Governor of Lagos
State will become a watershed in the history of the state. Let all of
us rally round him to make sure that he wins," Ogunlewe said.
Maina
thanked those present, saying, their sacrifices and loyalty would not
go unnoticed by the party.
"I
understand your plights, all that happened is well known to me but we
should all put them behind us in the task of removing the state from
the shackles of the oppressors," she said.
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