ABEOKUTA—The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, yesterday boasted that it would unseat the incumbent governor Ibikunle Amosun in the 2015 election, claiming the calibre of governorship aspirants in the party was a pointer that Amosun was on his way out of the office.
The state Chairman, Bayo Dayo spoke at the party’s secretariat in Abeokuta, while receiving a letter of intent from a lawmaker representing Yewa South/Ipokia Federal constituency in Ogun State at the House Representatives, Abiodun Akinlade, to run for the governorship seat in 2015.
Chief Dayo however, denied that the party had chosen its governorship candidate, promising that every aspirant would be given a level playing field during the primaries ahead of the general election.
The chairman, who described Akinlade as a strong politician who could give the party its desired victory in the coming election, assured that PDP would be fair to all aspirants.
According to him, “No decision has been taken on any elective positions. I am assuring everyone that when we are going to have our party primaries, I will be transparent and honest to all. All aspirants would be given a level playing field. I am not going to take side with any aspirants.
I have told all the State Working Committee, SWC members that we are all referees and an umpire must not take side. We are going to be fair to all”.
Akinlade while presenting his letter of intent to the chairman, in the presence of members of the SWC, tasked leaders of PDP in the State to settle their differences and work hard so that the party could win all the elective positions in the state in the 2015 general elections.
According to Akinlade, “government is about the people, any government that does not have human face is not a government. The state can get better than what it is now. By God’s grace, in 2015, PDP will return to Oke Mosan. I came to present my letter of intent to be your servant in 2015, with the support of the leadership of our party, our supporters and the people of Ogun State, Amosun is on his way out. If I am given the governorship ticket, I will deliver 99 percent of the votes cast to PDP.”
