AN All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant in Lagos State, Senator Ganiyu Solomon and a group have warned leaders of the party to desist from actions capable of making the party lose coming elections.

While Senator Solomon advocated free, fair and transparent primaries to pick candidates, the group, the New Lagos Movement (NLM) headed by Mr. Niyi Akinsiju, denounced the culture of imposition permeating the party.

The group, which is an elite body within the All Progressives Congress (APC), warned that the party may certainly lose Lagos State to the PDP in 2015 if it chose to introduce religion and zoning sentiments, among others, as promoted by its leadership to impose his anointed governorship candidate on members.

Specifically, the NLM boss, had in his address titled, ‘The Rough Road Ahead, ‘noted that former Governor Tinubu as one who is most guilty of the charge of imposition of his choice candidate on the party.

“It is very certain that we may lose Lagos in 2015 if we allow the discredited religious and zoning sentiments recently introduced by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu through which he intends to impose his anointed candidate on the members of the party,” the APC chieftain warned.

He, therefore, tasked the new leadership of party led by Chief Odigie Oyegun to urgently address the problems currently facing the party, “failure of which can destroy the party and spell doom for the democratic aspirations of millions of Nigerians.”

The state Publicity Secretary of APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, in his reaction, declared that the party had no problem called imposition, maintaining that the APC had not yet decided on who its standard bearer for governorship poll should be.

He, therefore, urged party faithful to wait till a date for the primary exercise to pick a candidate for governorship would be held.

ratiken: As long as APC does not present Jimi Agbaje..... Lagos will be won by PDP by a landslide.

ratiken: As long as APC does not present Jimi Agbaje..... Lagos will be won by PDP by a landslide.

OtunbaJega:

wake up my friend...even if APC presents me as the candidate..Victory is certain

ratiken: As long as APC does not present Jimi Agbaje..... Lagos will be won by PDP by a landslide.

ratiken: As long as APC does not present Jimi Agbaje..... Lagos will be won by PDP by a landslide.

ratiken:

Stop sleeping on bike bro..... things are not the same anymore.
It hurts to spend cumulative 5 hrs in traffic daily and still pay 300 naira for it.
The triple taxation is evil. Have u been to ejigbo, okota etc lately? Those are also part of lagos. Why should LASU students be made to go through all the pains they've been thru. Why wud one person have 30 percent of all the choice properties in lagos? A man's wife, daughter, sons-in-law all imposed on lagosians. And plans have been concluded to impose the next governor on us.
PDP needs very little campaign in lagos. They only need the right candidate and sufficient security during the elections and APC will be history in lagos.

eaglechild: The spell of Tinubu on the SW and Lagos in particular is wearing away.

Lagos state is not Tinubu's family property and Lagosians are realising that.

PDP is positioned to sweep the poles if they present a credible enough candidate to run against Tinubu's stooge.

ratiken:

Stop sleeping on bike bro..... things are not the same anymore.
It hurts to spend cumulative 5 hrs in traffic daily and still pay 300 naira for it.
The triple taxation is evil. Have u been to ejigbo, okota etc lately? Those are also part of lagos. Why should LASU students be made to go through all the pains they've been thru. Why wud one person have 30 percent of all the choice properties in lagos? A man's wife, daughter, sons-in-law all imposed on lagosians. And plans have been concluded to impose the next governor on us.
PDP needs very little campaign in lagos. They only need the right candidate and sufficient security during the elections and APC will be history in lagos.

PapaBrowne:
Interestingly, PDP would be presenting Jimi Agbaje! And that's the joker here! APC is going to lose Lagos because Tinubu absolute focus is the protection of his stolen assets, he needs someone he can completely trust and control and the topmost two on his mind are his wife, Remi and his accountant, Ambode.

ola6:

Presenting Jimi will mean trouble for PDP Lagos. Who knows him there? Even in APC, Jimi cannot be there as there will be a MASSIVE movement to PDP. In PDP, who knows Jimi? He is of no value politically. The Grassroot sees a "Fashola" in Jimi and will not vote.

In Lagos, everyone just want anything apart from APC.

ratiken:

Stop sleeping on bike bro..... things are not the same anymore.
It hurts to spend cumulative 5 hrs in traffic daily and still pay 300 naira for it.
The triple taxation is evil. Have u been to ejigbo, okota etc lately? Those are also part of lagos. Why should LASU students be made to go through all the pains they've been thru. Why wud one person have 30 percent of all the choice properties in lagos? A man's wife, daughter, sons-in-law all imposed on lagosians. And plans have been concluded to impose the next governor on us.
PDP needs very little campaign in lagos. They only need the right candidate and sufficient security during the elections and APC will be history in lagos.

pro01:

Interesting argument. However, I don't think the grassroots necessarily see Jimi Agbaje as an elitist like the pompous peacock called Fashola, although I reckon Agbaje's refined and sophisticated mien might be misinterpreted by some as a sign of aloofness. He certainly does not fit into the Fayose political mould, but then . . . .

Who, in present-day Lagos PDP, do you consider the perfect gubernatorial candidate?

ola6:

Jimi in PDP or APC as "Gubernatorial candidate" (emphasizes on " as Gubernatorial candidate" will spell doom for both parties. If he goes to PDP and he is chosen as a candidate, people will decamp atomatically, only Bode George will be left. I mean, how can they be working just so one man will come and eat all their sweat. As the APC, the same. People like Senator GOS, Hamzat, Banire etc will leave.

Jimi needs to work from the ground up and not just sit somewhere for people to cook and when food is ready, gbam, he'll simply come and eat.

Also,
Grassroot still see Jimi and Fashola as "same ni". In the sense that all these "fine English" and certificates means he will be like Fashola if given the chance. Jimi in PDP will be Great for both Jimi and PDP. The only way for Jimi is to meet ALL the stakeholders in PDP and both should reach a compromise.

HE NEEDS TO START WORKING NOW WITH PDP, NOT WHEN FOOD IS READY.

pro01:

OK. Let us assume, for one moment, that Jimi Agbaje is out of the question. Who should the PDP field as its candidate? Obanikoro? I can't readily think of any other prominent prospect at this point. I suspect Ganiyu Solomon would decamp from the APC at some point, but I doubt the Lagos PDP would be willing to give him the party's ticket.

Not that it matters though. . .ANY PDP candidate would win the election by a landslide. The Lagos masses are simply fed up with the elitist Fashola and everything he represents (including his party).