Out of the seven Peoples Democratic Party Apex leaders in Ajeromi Ifelodun local government, only two attended the recent General Assembly meeting of the party that was to mark the commencement of their campaign for the forthcoming 2025 Lagos local government election.
The five that could not attend gave flimsy excuses, according to a party leader. One of the party leaders who could not attend, Sunny Mene, said he was not disposed to attend based on a health challenge, and Chief Yusuf Ajiwe was said to be out of town.
When our Correspondent placed a call to Chief Frank Ukor, he did not pick up his call, while Chief Itama’s phone was not reachable, Pa Okekunle was not accessible. A call to Prince Okafor’s line was picked by someone who claimed the politician was sleeping but will get back to our Correspondent. At the time of writing this report, he has not called back.
The attendance at the event was encouraging as party men and women were sufficiently mobilized and massively present.
The party’s flag was handed over to the Ifelodun Chairmanship aspirant, Faruq Ajobi, on behalf of the councilorship aspirants at Ifelodun.
Ironically, the man whose name is on the INEC form as the party’s candidate for Ajeromi/Ifelodun was not present at the event. But the aspirant who originally emerged at the party’s primary, Olakunle Okekhunle, who has been in court to reclaim his mandate, received the party’s flag from the former Elders Council Chairman, Alhaji Aare Fakunle.
Evangelist Israel Ogunrinde, a leader in the Bode George group, used the occasion to lash out with his opinion on the ongoing coalition processes, which the PDP is part of. He was pessimistic about the outcome of the coalition. Ogunrinde also lambasted the PDP coordinator in Ajeromi Ifelodun, whom he said could not mobilise the people in Ilaje quarters, where he also resides in the party. Adding that such leadership cannot be taken seriously or the coalition.
Ogunrinde, from this angle, seems to share the same front with his leader, Bode George, who had not spared the coalition as a weak process that is perennially built not to succeed in taking over power from the ruling APC.
