Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as “ridiculous and daydreaming” the thoughts that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the state in the 2023 general elections.
Publicity secretary of the party, Seye Oladejo, who said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos, explained that PDP’s victory in the Osun governorship election could not be repeated in Lagos.
“The governance of a model state like Lagos is too important to be entrusted to some day-dreamers, who have absolutely nothing to offer,” Mr Oladejo said.
The PDP’s governorship candidate in Lagos, Olajide ‘Jandor’ Adediran, had told Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to prepare his handover notes ahead of 2023.
Mr Adediran said his party would defeat APC as it did during the Osun election, where PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke, beat incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
However, the APC spokesperson said the opposition party should not equate the forthcoming 2023 governorship election in Lagos with the PDP primaries.
According to him, the PDP’s governorship ticket given Mr Adediran and ace Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, cannot add value to PDP.
“While we acknowledge the right to celebrate an unexpected, opportunistic and unaccustomed euphoria, as a result of the election, the excitement was taken to a ridiculous level by daydreaming of winning the governorship election in Lagos State,” he said.
Mr Oladejo stated that Mr Sanwo-Olu’s achievements in the past year would make him victorious in the poll, adding that “As we count down to the elections, the governorship/deputy governorship debates will be an interesting spectacle.”
According to him, while the incumbents will “gleefully reel out monumental achievements in office, the opposition will play to its strength with the characteristic comedy of errors”.
(NAN)
