The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Get together, PDP, has dismissed claims that its construction has collapsed following Monday’s defection of its former Publicity Secretary, Hakeem Amode, and others to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
A press release signed on Tuesday by the get together’s State Secretary, Soji Orioye, claimed that regardless of the defection of sure people, PDP in Lagos stays robust and intact.
Amode and several other others have been welcomed into APC by the get together’s 2023 governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly referred to as Jandor, fuelling hypothesis of a mass defection and a possible collapse of the PDP construction.
Whereas saying his defection, Amode stated, “Now we have determined to break down your entire PDP construction in Lagos State, from ward to the state degree.”
Nonetheless, the PDP management in Lagos described such claims as laughable, asserting that Amode had lengthy distanced himself from the get together’s actions.
Orioye acknowledged, “The eye of the State Govt Committee has been drawn to social media movies and stories of the defection of Alhaji Hakeem Amode and others to the APC, the place they have been obtained by Jide Adediran (Jandor).
“As a lot as politics is about curiosity, and people concerned have adopted their curiosity to the APC, we want them nicely of their sojourn.
“Nonetheless, the declare by Amode that they’ve collapsed the PDP construction within the state is laughable and may solely be described as a comic book comment.”
He added that Amode, who had deserted his official function as PDP Publicity Secretary for marketing campaign duties, had not attended get together conferences in a substantial interval and was in no place to talk on the state of the get together’s construction.
“We surprise how somebody who deserted his workplace as state publicity secretary and have become marketing campaign publicity secretary and hasn’t attended a gathering in a really lengthy whereas understands the get together restructuring, to not speak about collapsing the construction you might be no extra a part of.
“The PDP construction in Lagos stays stable and is progressing, particularly after therapeutic from inner wounds inflicted by Jandor and his allies,” Orioye stated.
He accused the defectors of betraying the PDP over the past basic elections, alleging that their current return to the APC was merely a transfer again to their “paymasters.”
Regardless of the defection, Orioye affirmed that PDP is making ready to contest the 12 July 2025 native authorities elections throughout Lagos with “formidable candidates on the ward and council ranges.”
“One might ask, can a celebration whose construction has supposedly collapsed be fielding candidates throughout all ranges for an election? The reply is obvious,” he stated.
Orioye urged members and supporters of PDP to stay centered, assuring them that the present management is dedicated to rebuilding the get together into a robust and victorious power in Lagos.
Whereas extending nicely needs to the defectors, he cautioned them to train restraint of their public statements concerning PDP.
