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  • 2027: Atiku’s candidacy won’t destroy PDP but anti-party activities – Segun Adewale

    2027: Atiku’s candidacy won’t destroy PDP but anti-party activities – Segun Adewale

    Former Lagos State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otunba Segun Adewale, has dismissed concerns that the candidacy of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar could harm the party’s chances in the 2027 general elections.

    Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland, made this assertion during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.

    He was reacting to a recent statement by Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, who claimed that Atiku’s ambition would be detrimental to the party’s future.

    Atiku was the PDP’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, where he emerged second behind President Bola Tinubu.

    Adewale countered George’s remarks, saying, “No one should claim that Atiku’s 2027 candidacy will destroy the PDP. What truly threatens the party are the anti-party activities of some of its leaders during elections.”

    He said: “Atiku has been contributing to the party for years. 

    “Atiku would have won in the 2023 presidential election if not because of the anti party activities of some people.  

    “Anti-party activities are what led the PDP to where it is today, where people are suffering. PDP would have been in power after 2023 election.

    “They (some party leaders) made sure that the PDP votes were divided in Lagos and other states. That’s why PDP lost that election.”

    He said that the party leadership should rather focus on curbing anti-party activities among leaders instead of attacking Abubakar’s candidacy.

    The chieftain said that the party should take a firm stand against those destroying the party through their actions and inactions.

    “Some PDP leaders should be ashamed of themselves, especially those working for the opposition openly and without looking backward in every election.

    “These are activities that slim down our chances and destroyed the party in Lagos State and at the national level in all electoral cycles since 2015.

    “If Atiku’s candidacy will destroy the PDP, what do we say of party leaders who openly tell PDP members to vote opposition? Will that build or brighten the our chances?

    “We must address the substance and stop chasing shadow, ” the chieftain said.

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    According to him, some leaders are always fighting PDP candidates, coming out forcibly against them in every election.

    “We should rather concentrate on those in the party but working for the opposition. This anti-party is our problem not Atiku’s candidacy,” he said.

    Adewale said that George should stop speaking as if he was the voice of Lagos PDP.

    “Bode George’s comment that Atiku, a PDP chieftain getting the party’s ticket in 2027 will be a downfall of the party, is not true,” Adewale said.

    NAN recalls that George has on Monday, on Channels Television’s Politics Today said that PDP would meet its end if Abubakar secured the party’s 2027 presidential ticket. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

  • Adewale: George is killing Lagos PDP

    Factional chairman of the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Segun Adewale spoke with MUSA ODOSHIMOKHE on the intra-party crisis, why this is likely to persist and his plan to take over the party secretariat.

    The dispute over Lagos PDP chairmanship, what is it all about?

    The last time we were fighting over the chairmanship of the Lagos PDP, we ended up resolving it through reconciliation by the national body. If you look at it very well, there was a judgment that sacked the Ali Modu Sherrif-led national executive. That judgment did not sack the Lagos State PDP chairman. So, those who took over merely wanted to control Lagos PDP. That is why we kept fighting over the party leadership in the state. When the national body resolved the problem on the Sherriff issue, it was an opportunity for Lagos PDP to right the wrong. Lagos is the only state where the PDP has not won governorship election. This is because of the leadership of Chief Bode George. He has never won election in his ward or local government, not to talk of the state. At the end of the day, the party’s performance is getting worse. This is because the same set of people has been the ones running the show in Lagos PDP. They collect billions of naira from the national body every four years and always fail to deliver during elections. They make money through the sale of forms for local government election and others elections which run into millions of naira. I am the only chairman that has ever won six councillorship seats for the party in local government election. At the time, Bode George took Lagos PDP to Labour Party (LP). If not for personal agenda, why would he not call me and address me like a son: Adewale you cannot be chairman, but for the sake of our party let us unite. I even went as far as calling Moshood Salvador and relinquished the chairmanship to him for the sake of our party during the council election.

    Will the present battle resolve the problem?

    My battle with some elements in the party is that my tenure will end in 2021. The election that brought me in was transparent. But, after so much fighting, the national leadership reconciled us; they said Bode George should still be the PDP leader. For crying out loud, must they continue to give him the chairmanship every time? Under him, the party has never won any election in Lagos. Leadership should be based on performance and merit. With the number of years he has spent in the party, what is his performance? He has never achieved anything; they collect billions of naira every four years and share the money. They are not interested in whether the PDP wins election or not. But, we don’t care; let them continue to collect the money. Things cannot continue this way, because Lagosians are tired. The PDP has put itself forward as opposition, yet they are not doing their job because they are aware that the people are really gullible. When South-south, Southeast people resident in Lagos vote for us, we waste their votes. These people are not compensated at the end of the day. The leadership of the PDP will not even call them to say we are sorry for trading your votes. I don’t want this thing to continue, that is why I am fighting. I stepped down for Salvador after the reconciliation; there was no congress because the man who would have conducted the congress died. It was agreed that Bode George should provide 50 per cent of executive composition, I take 10 per cent, Aduke Maina 20 per cent and Agbaje 20 per cent; that was what happened. But, I gave my 10 per cent to Bode George, because I have reconciled with him. I did that because I was sure the party will not win as long as Bode George was in control. I had to move to Ekiti State to contest election there.

    So, what transpired in Ekiti?

    In Ekiti, I met another Bode George in Ayo Fayose, who insisted I could not contest election under the PDP. He said I could not contest, because I came from Lagos. But, I told him that my father is from Ekiti. He maintained that it was only Eleka that will fly the banner of the PDP in the state. At the end of the day, I had to contest on the platform of the Action Democratic Party (ADP). But, immediately after the election, I returned to the PDP with some of the people that went with me to the ADP. When I came back I gave those who went with me N1 million and said it was part of my contribution to the campaign for Atiku. I want to say that the selection of Adegbola Dominic as the chairman of our party is against our constitution.

    Is the PDP likely to overcome its challenge in Lagos?

    The party is united against Bode George. I make bold to say that he cannot win his ward and I am ready to put one million naira, if he wins his ward and N100 million if he wins his local government. He is working for the APC. I want to say that the moment he produces the next chairman, I will personally lead the campaign to support the APC in any coming election, because he is not serving the interest of those voting PDP in Lagos. Even when those supporting the PDP are facing persecution, but the party has never come up with any statement to denounce such uncivilized conduct meted out to its supporters.

    There has been accusations and counter accusations on why PDP failed in the 2019 governorship election…

    I am not saying that I was told, I witnessed it. Dominic himself came out openly to say that we did not work for Jimi Agbaje, because he did not give us money. The issue of money is the reason why we have been losing elections in Lagos. The money they were expecting did not come to them directly, so they decided to frustrate the election efforts of Agbaje.  Agbaje on his part said I lost the election because they did not work for me. But, is that an excuse? He should have worked harder; his performance is getting poorer with each election. We must send Bode George on compulsory retirement. Let him collect all the billions and give us our freedom. I am making plans to seal the secretariat, because I am the authentic chairman.

     

  • Godfatherism a major impediment to democracy in Nigeria, says ADP candidate

    Segun Adewale, the Action Democratic Party (ADP) gubernatorial candidate in the July 14 election, has described godfatherism as a major impediment to the development of democracy in Nigeria.

    The Campaign Manager for the ADP candidate, Mr Tokunbo Ajayi, said this while leading party members and loyalists on a house-to-house campaign in Ado-Ekiti on Monday.

    Ajayi, who is also the party’s youth leader, represented the candidate on the campaign.

    He described godfatherism as a major time bomb which, if not stopped, could derail the nation’s democracy.

    The campaign team identified other problems facing democracy in the country as criminal politics, violence and corruption.

    Ajayi said that the party would not engage touts, beg or bribe anybody to win the polls.

    “Action Democratic Party is not ready to partake in such, in order to produce governor; most of the politicians are alleged to be financiers of cult groups, maintain and sustain them.

    “These factors are closely entwined with the rampant political violence in the state in recent time; public revenues are not only stolen and misused, but often paid for the services and weapons behind political violence.

    “Because violence and corruption make political competition a very expensive endeavor, many politicians are far more accountable to powerful and violent political godfathers that sponsor them than they are to their constituents.

    “Political godfathers in Ekiti are not mere financiers of political campaigns, but are individuals whose power stems not just from wealth, but from their ability to deploy violence and corruption to manipulate national, state and local political systems in support of the politicians they sponsor.

    “In return, they demand a substantial degree of control over the government they help bring into power in order to shape government policy and also to exact direct financial returns in the form of government resources stolen by their protégés or lucrative government contracts awarded to them as further opportunities for graft.

    ‘If ADP produces the next governor in this state, Ekiti will be the first state to enact and aggressively implement the Freedom of Information Bill, which would provide Nigerians and Ekiti people a tool to compel government institutions to make public important information, including basic data concerning expenditures and government policies.”

    He said that the party would propose an amendment to the Nigerian Constitution that would rescind immunity from all criminal prosecution currently enjoyed by sitting governors. (NAN)

  • ADP adopts Segun Adewale as Ekiti candidate

    ADP adopts Segun Adewale as Ekiti candidate

    The Action Democratic Party (ADP) has adopted an Ipoti-born businessman, Otunba Segun Adewale (Aeroland), as its governorship candidate for this year’s election in Ekiti State.

    The party urged the electorate to liberate themselves from the shackles of poverty by supporting it in the July 14 poll.

    ADP’s adoption of Adewale was reportedly affirmed in an address by the State Chairman, Kunle Abegunde, during a visit by the state executive council and members of the party to Adewale’s campaign office in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

    At the event, which was attended by top officials of the party, Abegunde said ADP settled for the entrepreneur and philanthropist after considering his antecedent.

    The chairman said the party was convinced of his capability to show good leadership in the state.

    He said the lapses of the Ayodele Fayose administration were many, adding that the people must reject the government’s attempt to elongate the people’s suffering through its ‘Continuity Agenda’.

    Abegunle said: “The current leadership of the PDP in Ekiti cannot appreciate the qualities in this illustrious son due to their dictatorial tendencies.”

     

  • Ekiti 2018: ADP adopts Segun Adewale as gubernatorial candidate

    Ekiti 2018: ADP adopts Segun Adewale as gubernatorial candidate

    The Action Democratic Party (ADP) has adopted an Ipoti born business mogul, Otunba Segun Adewale (Aeroland) as its governorship candidate in Ekiti state, charging electorates in the state to liberate themselves from the shackles of poverty by supporting the party in the July 14 governorship election.

    ADP decision to adopt Otunba Segun Adewale (OSA) as the party’s governorship candidate was communicated in an address by the State Chairman, Hon Kunle Abegunde during a visit by the state executive council and members of the party to the Otunba Segun Adewale Campaign office at Ado Ekiti on Thursday 1st of March, 2018.

    At the event which had top officials of the party in attendance, the Chairman said ADP settled for the reputed entrepreneur and philanthropist after considering his antecedent and was convinced of his capability to deliver desired leadership to the state. He pointed out lapses of the Ayodele Fayose-led government, saying the people must reject the attempt to elongate their sufferings through ‘continuity Agenda ‘. According to him, “the current leadership of the PDP in Ekiti can not appreciate the qualities in this illustrious son due to their dictatorial tendencies”.

    The ADP Chairman in Ekiti State described Governor Fayose’s stomach infrastructure programme as false Charity and an attempt to subdue the citizens. In his words “False charity, lack of conscience, oppression and self-aggrandizement and impunity cannot continue forever,”

    Giving an insight to how the party arrived at the adoption of Otunba Adewale, Chief Abegunde said “aside Otunba Segun Adewale drawing his wealth from legitimate sources, he has impacted on many lives within and outside the state, even as a private individual. Otunba is credible, with no corruption or criminal tag. His successful entrepreneurship background and exposure is needed to redirect our State on the path of prosperity. Ekiti has many illustrious sons and daughters. We can not allow the present shenanigan to continue. We must all put hands on deck to redeem our dear State from the hegemony of looters “.

    Responding to the visitors on behalf of the aspirant who was unavoidably absent, Prince ‘Tosin Jegede, the Director General of the Otunba Segun Adewale Campaign Organization said the ADP gesture is a confirmation of the credibility of the brand his organization has presented to the electorates. “Let me start by appreciating the leadership and all members of ADP for taking this bold and unique step of identifying with our good brand not minding political party differences.

    “Otunba Segun Adewale remains a chieftain of the People Democratic Party who is seeking the governorship ticket of the party in a free, fair and credible primary. However, if Ekiti State PDP refuses a credible primary, we are convinced from our research into the activities of the ADP that the party is a credible alternative. Considering the credibility of those directing the affairs of the party at all levels, easy access to Party information and the Party constitution that takes grassroots members into consideration in decision making, one can truly see that the ADP is prepared for the challenges of producing credible leadership for the State in particular and the Nation at large”.

    Prince Jegede challenged those advocating the continuity of Governor Fayose’s administration through his deputy, Prof Olusola Eleka to showcase legacies that are worthy of continuing. “What is there to continue with the Fayose’s administration? Is it the non-commitment of government to its financial obligations to workers and contractors or the increased unemployment occasioned by government high handedness in dealing with investors? Are we expected to accept the continuity of government inability to reason beyond Federal Government’s monthly handouts or a situation where internal revenue accruing to the State is treated as top secret known only to the Governor? Should we continue to tax elementary school students?

    “While we appreciate the importance of a seamless transition between administrations, we are against the continuation of the present illusions in Ekiti government house. Ekiti State cannot continue to run on the impulse of an individual.” He said.

    The Director General assured the visitors that their request will be considered and responded to appropriately. Addressing journalists after the programme, Prince Jegede said “Otunba Segun Adewale is in the governorship race to win. If the PDP insist on selection instead of a free, fair and credible primary, we will be left with no other choice than accept the ADP offer. OSA will not hesitate to adopt any credible means of meeting the aspiration of the oppressed in Ekiti”

     

  • PDP aspirant tackles Fayose over failure to pay bursary

    PDP aspirant tackles Fayose over failure to pay bursary

    Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant, Otunba Segun Adewale, has criticized Governor Ayo Fayose for failing to pay bursar to students of Ekiti State origin for the past four years.

    Adewale promised to make skills acquisition and entrepreneurship development a cardinal policy of his administration to reduce unemployment among graduates.

    He spoke on Tuesday at a public lecture organized by the Federation of Ekiti State Students’ Union (FESSU), Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) chapter.

    In his lecture titled: “Entrepreneurship, A Sustainability to the Economy of Ekiti,” Adewale charged the  students to discover their purpose and not to be deterred by challenges.

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    At the event which attended by students of Ekiti origin from other states, they complained to Adewale that the Fayose government had abandoned them by not paying their bursary since coming to power.

    Moved by the students’ plight, Adewale announced a donation of N1 million to ease their financial hardship.

    Adewale said: “On the immediate, I have made available N1 million to ameliorate your financial burdens occasioned by the poor state of Nigerian economy, especially as our government in Ekiti has continually shied away from its responsibilities to its workforce and youth.

    “Non-payment of bursary is an injustice to the future of Ekiti State. These students are the future of our state.

    “It is the responsibility of those in government to give them hope. How can you not pay bursary to students whose parents you owed several months of salary arrears?”

    Urging the students to embrace skills acquisition, “The Nigerian economy has changed from the consideration of certificates acquired to what you can deliver.

    “Employers today are more interested in your skills and how it affects your profitability of their businesses than your course of study. Your certificate is a means to an end and not an end itself.”

  • PDP chairmanship: Why I support Bode George – Adewale

    PDP chairmanship: Why I support Bode George – Adewale

    A former factional Chairman of PDP in Lagos State, Mr Segun Adewale, has said that he is supporting Chief Olabode George for the chairmanship seat of the party in spite of their political disagreements.

    Adewale told reporters in Lagos on Sunday that supporting George, a former PDP National Vice-Chairman (South-West) for the exalted party position was the right thing to do politically.

    He said that though he had some issues with George in the state chapter of the party, he would still support him for the position.

    “I am supporting Bode George to be the next chairman of the party despite our differences.

    “The disagreements I have with him are local disagreements and not national. My support goes for his national aspiration.

    “My support is based on his promise that he would not interfere in the affairs of the party at the state level, which was the major cause of the friction.

    “Moreover, Bode George is a chieftain from Lagos,” he said.

    George and Adewale had been at loggerheads over the former’s support for another factional chairman, Mr Moshood Salvador, in the state.

    Salvador had, before the resolution of the party ‘s leadership tussle by the Supreme Court, aligned with Chief Ahmed Makarfi, National Caretaker Chairman of the party, while Adewale supported Sen. Ali -Modu Sheriff.

    Adewale has, however, pledged support for Makarfi following his affirmation as PDP National Chairman by the Supreme Court on July 12.

    He had said that the ruling did not affect his leadership of the party in Lagos State.

    His insistence to stay at the state’s secretariat deepened his friction with George who said Salvador was the authentic chairman based on the ruling.

    The national leadership of the party later directed Adewale to surrender the keys to the secretariat to George. He has complied with the directive.

    Owing to the leadership crisis, the party announced the dissolution of the state executive committee at a non- elective congress in Port Harcourt and replaced it with a caretaker committee.

    In spite of these, Adewale was present at George’s declaration for the party’s chairmanship position on Friday in Lagos.

    PDP congress to elect new national executives will hold on Dec. 9.

    NAN

  • Lagos PDP chairman sues for peace among members

    Lagos PDP chairman sues for peace among members

    The Lagos State Chairman of the People Democratic Party, Otunba Segun Adewale has called on members of the party to embrace peace in the spirit of the season.

    Adewale advised members across the country to work together as one indivisible entity, noting that “a lot of progress can be achieved in unity.”

    According to him “the leadership tussle rocking our party has cost us already two major elections in Edo and Ondo state and if we do not quickly reconcile and work together, many more elections will be lost. We cannot afford to lose the greatness of our party to some minor leadership misunderstandings,” he said.

    The Chairman further stated that “State chapters of the party can work together as one even as our leaders are awaiting the courts for the resolutions of the various cases. It is our responsibility at the State chapters of the party to ensure there will be a PDP when the issues are finally resolved and we can only achieve this by ensuring that members work together no matter our divides”.

    Adewale insisted that what the party is experiencing is not a division but leadership tussle. He therefore urged members to work together for the benefit of the party while those seeking leadership positions in the party resolve their differences.

    “We are all members of this great party today because our founding fathers managed and resolved their differences amicably as family affairs,” he stated.

  • PDP suit stalled at Lagos tribunal

    The National Assembly ‎election petitions tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, failed to open hearing on Wednesday in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Lagos West, Segun Adewale, challenging the declaration of ‎Olamilekan Adeola (Yayi) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the March 28 election.

    At the resumed sitting of the panel, counsel to the APC, Bayo Badmus, told the court that the respondent was yet to file his reply on the point of law as ordered by the tribunal.

    Badmus therefore asked the tribunal presided by Justice Sylvanus Oriji for more time to file their reply.

    Counsel for the PDP, Dr. Yemi Oke, did not oppose the application.

    Justice Oriji therefore adjourned the matter to June 22 for hearing and reiterated his order for parties to file all applications before the next adjourned date.

    At the last hearing, the APC had challenged the locus standi of the PDP’s candidate to institute the action.

    The party represented by Munis Banire had told the tribunal that the petitioner did not specify the law under which he brought the petition and also failed to state the scores of the candidates, adding that he only disclosed the respondent’s score.

  • ‘Yewa/Awori should produce next Ogun governor’

    ‘Yewa/Awori should produce next Ogun governor’

    Prince Segun Adewale is a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) and a senatorial aspirant in Ogun West District. In this interview with Jeremiah Oke, he speaks on the Yewa/Awori agitation for power shift in 2015.

    What is the political situation in Ogun State?

    Ogun State is a state where we have intellectuals, educationists and prominent people like the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and other notable politicians. You should know that it is an important state. The political situation in Ogun State is that we have the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who is a member of the ruling party People Democratic Party (PDP) and the state is controlled by the opposition party, the All Progressive Congress (APC). The people of Ogun State have experienced the PDP leadership for eight years and the AD/APC for close to seven years now and the people are still yearning for another political party to give them a change. That is why the Labour Party is being recognised in the state to give them the change they are clamouring for. Today, the Labour Party has become a force in Ogun State politics and that is the political situation in Ogun State as we speak now.

    Moreover, Ogun State is not a kind of state you will say because a political party is a national party that has ruled them for eight years, it will use a veto power to influence anything for them. But, it is a dynamic state where a credible political party is welcomed and no other party can give them the deserved dividends of democracy than the Labour Party.

    Since your party is just coming up in Ogun State, don’t you think the party might be lost in the struggle for power?

    Before the PDP came on board as a ruling party in Ogun State, there was no party, except that the President came from Ogun State. The President himself lost in his ward. What that is telling us is that, regardless of the number of years a political party has existed in a state, a new party can defeat it. It is possible for a new party to record a landmark victory in an election. People know what they want and they how to get it. So, the issue of our party coming up in less than a year has nothing to do with our success in the proposed election. It is not about how long, but it is about how well we can harmonise and mobilise the people.

    Do you think the Yewa/Awori will unanimously adopt the Labour Party in 2015?

    Yes, they have adopted the Labour Party already. The dynamism of politics differs from state to state and from region to region. What is happening in Akwa Ibom today may not necessarily reflect what is happening in Lagos and Ekiti states. This is because there is a peculiar agitation in the state and that is what happened in Anambra State where we heard that the APGA swept the poll just because there was the agitation from the Anambra North to present the governorship candidate for a very long time. That is why it is very easy for the APGA to clear the poll. the same thing also applies to Ogun State where the Yewa/Awori has never produced a governor in the last 38 years of existence. The Labour Party now said that, because of equity and fairness, the state should maintain balance in governance. Therefore, Yewa/Awori should produce the next governor.

    Do you think the antecedents of the people in the Labour Party can give the anticipated victory in 2015?

    What antecedents are you talking about? The people in other political parties are not better, in terms of the antecedents. What was the antecedents of Otunba Gbenga Daniel in 2003 before he became the governor? We are not selling names in the Labour Party. But, we are parading the grassroots politicians who know the problems of our people. So, it is not about big names, but what we are able to achieve individually. I can tell you that, come 2015, it is the people that will win elections and not the big names.

    In 2011, Gboyega Isiaka, who is from Yewa/Awori, was unable to make any impact as the People Party of Nigeria (PPN) governorship candidate. Don’t you think the same thing will repeat itself in 2015?

    The question you ask could be titled “so near, yet so far in 2011”. But today, I want to tell you that the Yewa/Awori have learned their lesson by speaking in one voice and we are ready to correct our mistakes. We have done a lot of re-orientation within Ogun West. I have been in the forefront of doing that and I am sure it is going to be a productive effort. Some of our people coming from the Labour Party have even agree to have a gentleman agreement with the other regions of the state to ensure that the Ogun West Senatorial District produce the next governor for the first time in the history of Ogun State. I am sure they will actualise their dreams.

    As the aspirant of the Labour Party in the Ogun West district, what have you done for your people that will make them vote for you?

    I am a grassroots politician who understand the plight and aspiration of our people and I am ready to assist them. In the history of a nation, there is always a move to rescue at a critical point and that is why we have agreed in Ogun State never to play politics with the warfare of the people, but to play politics the way it should be played. I saw the challenges of our people and that is why I rise up to rescue them and give them the dividend of democracy. In the last eight years, I have been associated with the people of Yewa/Awori and I know their challenges. I have several on-going projects in 52 wards of the region. I have been able to construct 10 schools across my senatorial district. I have inaugurated many transformers for our people. I have created many job opportunities for our children in Yewa/Awori. I have empowered many people mentally and financially, which is the most important thing we need in Ogun West. In the past one and the half years, I always spend an average of N250,000 every week to provide free medical care for the people in the grassroots and the medical personnel are always on ground to attend to our people whenever need be. Go round the Ogun west and ask of all these things I have mentioned.

    After Otunba Gbenga Daniel was expelled by the state chapter of the party, the national secretariat return him as the grand patron of the party. Do you think his past record will not affect your party in 2015?

    What past record are you talking about? We need all sort of people in a particular party regardless of their antecedents and what they must have done in the past. Our party is the only party that has ideology and tolerance because we have records. The party was formed as a result of the agitation of the people for good governance, so therefore, we are welcoming people from anywhere they may be coming from. it is not about OGD antecedents and what he has done in the past but it is about what he will do in the future. His coming to the party will even strengthen the party the more. OGD has ruled the state for eight years, also unseat a seating governor, and a governor unseated him, I think we need a lot to learn from him. So what I am saying in essence is that LP is a party for everybody in the state regardless of their past and antecedents.