Perish the thought Aworis will vote for you, Lagos APC tells Adediran

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, on Monday said that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran (Jandor) should perish the thought that the Awori extraction of the state would vote him in the 2023 general elections.

APC said that it was laughable that Adediran would think the party’s state Chairman, Cornelius Ojelabi, would vote for him in the governorship election, adding that no real Awori had betrayed on the issue of principle and commitment to a lofty goal.

The party, in a statement issued by its state’s Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, said that Ojelabi had a long history and association with the progressive clan, saying that in all his years of service, he was not known to engage in anti-party activities.

The statement reads in part: “Our attention has been drawn to the publication in a national daily where the PDP governorship candidate , Jide Adediran aka Jandor characteristically expressed the jaundiced view that the APC state chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi will vote for him.

“Nothing can be farther from a day-light hallucination on the part of a young man who ordinarily will be expected to have the staying power to stand the rigor of political campaigns.

“It might interest him to know that Pastor Ojelabi has a long history and association with the progressive clan. It was on this platform that he served as the local government chairman of Ojo, member House of Representatives and the Honorable Commissioner for Rural Development.

“In all his years of meritorious service, he was not known to waver or engage in anti-party activities.

“It amounts to sheer foolery for Jandor to expect the chairman of the ruling party to vote for him in an election he’s destined to lose. This is indeed a joke taken too far.

“No real Awori betrays on the issue of principle and commitment to a lofty goal. Aworis have always belonged to the Progressives right from the days of many distinguished leaders former Deputy Governor Alhaji Jafojo, Chief Badmus, Senator Abayomi Durosinmi, Hon. Ege, Hon Toyin Suarau,Dr. Kayode Opeifa,Deputy Governors Orelop Adefulire , Sarah Sosan, Pa Kabiru Suarau, Ayo Gbeleyi, Pa Opeifa and others too numerous to mention. A real Awori person does not jump from one political party to another because they know their source and we will never derail.

“We empathize with Jandor’s so many unforced errors as a result of pressure and omnious signs of defeat.

“He can as well safe himself from further self-inflicted misery by throwing in the towel before he does irreparable damage to his psyche.”