The Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor,
Gboyega Akosile, has described the candidature of Peoples Democratic Party
governorship candidate in Lagos, Olajide Adediran, known better as Jandor, as
an “insult” to electorates in the state.
He alleged that the PDP governorship candidate remains an
“apprentice candidate and politician”, adding that he was contesting to learn
and test the water of politics.
Akosile, who was reacting to comments by Adediran that he
would defeat Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his “godfathers” during next
year’s election, maintained that politicians are allowed to delve into “wishful
thinking”.
Adediran had on October 2022, while appearing on Arise TV’s
The Morning Show, boasted that he would defeat Sanwo-Olu and his ‘godfathers’
during next year’s election.
The PDP governorship candidate had said this while reacting
to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s endorsement of Sanwo-Olu’s second
term bid. Wike is a chieftain of PDP
While describing Sanwo-Olu’s endorsement by Wike as
“inconsequential”, Jandor noted that despite the Rivers governor’s opposition
against his emergence as PDP candidate during the Lagos PDP governorship
primary, he won the ticket.
He said, “Wike’s unrepentant and irreversible way of life.
Wike is Wike, everybody knows. And where you have no expectations, there will
be no disappointment. That, I will consider inconsequential. But what worries
me is the desperation of this government, doing everything to garner support
that is not there.
“Somebody (Wike) who with all his might within the PDP, who
did not support me during the primary, could stop me then. How will he decide
if I will govern Lagos or not; that’s for Lagosians to decide.
“I will defeat Sanwo-Olu and everybody supporting him — home
and abroad — all his godfathers put together.”
But reacting to the statements during an interview with our
correspondent, Akosile described the comment as “wishful thinking”.
According to him, the Lagos PDP governorship candidate is in
“training school” and will graduate after next year’s election.
“Simply put, it (Jandor’s comment) is wishful thinking as
far as I am concerned and that statement is an insult on Lagos electorates.
Don’t forget he is a politician, but an apprentice candidate and politician.
“He will understand the game and learn better after the 2023
elections. He (Jandor) is in (political) training school and I wouldn’t want to
join issues with him because I understand he is still learning the ropes.
“He is an apprentice candidate and when he is mature we can
talk extensively about his chances of defeating Sanwo-Olu. But I believe he
will learn during next year’s elections and graduate and if not, he will have
to wait till the next election cycle in 2027,” Sanwo-Olu’s aide said.
But reacting to Akosile’s position, Adediran’s Media aide,
Gbenga Ogunleye, during an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday, said
Lagosians would decide if the PDP governorship candidate was indeed an
‘apprentice’.
He said Akosile’s comment was not surprising judging from
the fact that was doing what he was being paid to do. He noted that contrary to
Akosile’s position, Adediran had begun his tour of Lagos state and he was being
received warmly across the wards and local governments.
Adeleye said Lagosians were eagerly counting the days of
Sanwo-Olu in the office while alleging that the people of the state were
enduring the governor’s tenure.
He explained the decision of who becomes the Lagos governor
in 2023 does not lie with Akosile, his principal, and the APC, saying that only
Lagosians can decide that.
He said, “It (apprentice candidate) is from his (Akosile)
imagination. Don’t forget he (Akosile) is also just trying to justify his pay.
I do not know what he exactly meant by apprentice candidate because everyone
will have a first time contesting to be a governor.
“What has Mr. Sanwo-Olu done in three years that justifies
his reelection? he has failed abysmally. He has not started a project as a
governor and completed that project within the last three years and whatever
you see him doing has to be a project initiated by either former governors
Ambode or Babatunde Raji Fashola and that is how bad his administration has
been.
“No project initiated and completed in the last three years
and yet he is claiming he has an IGR of over N50 billion and yet in the last
three years, he has borrowed over N100 billion, what have you done with these
humongous resources?
“The days of Sanwo-Olu’s government are numbered and the
people of Lagos will reject them at the poll and vote them out. Akosile should
be looking for another job because he is not going to retain his job in 2023
and that we are sure of.”
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