NewNigeriaMind: Funny thing is, Agbaje may just lose the respect free minded Nigerians have for him if he rans on pdp platform....I repeat pdp is dead in Lagos.

If he joins labour party I will surely consider giving him my vote. the man is sound....but then we all know pdp.... sound minds don't go far in pdp as such this is no news. Agbaje will have a better chance to win on LP.

chukwudi44:

Jimi will win under PDP's platform.You can be sure of that.His candidature ia s TKO to the APC in Lagos state

barcanista: Jimi Agbaje on PDPs platform has the relative credibility to gv APC a good fight. However, let's analyse other determinants in Next Year's election:

1. The PDP Brand itself
2. Chief Olabode George
3. Senator Musliu Olajide Obanikoro
4. The PDP delegates to the Primaries.

Agbaje has 3 hurculean task in front of him to clinch the PDP's ticket.

1. Olabode George calls the shot in Lagos Politics. He controls the structure of the Party. Jimi needs his "anointing" to fly the flag. Without his anointing, Jimi will lose the party's ticket. If the PDP National office force Jimi on the party, George will repeat what he did to Koro in 2007. Sadly, an alliance with George wl mean working in tandem with corruption.

2. Senator Obanikoro is not a fan of Agbaje. Koro also have a eye on 2015. With Koro in the race, Agbaje's hope is bleeped. Because it is the delegates that decide who fly the flag. Koro has a base in Lagos PDP.

3. The delegates comes in. To upstage George, Jimi needs to take over the structure of the party. He needs to throw money around to match George and Koro. Otherwise, he'll be flogged mercilessly in the primaries.

Agbaje's best bet for 2015 is Labour Party...

pomporiking:

Niccur its about the candidate not the party this days.

NewNigeriaMind:


Well said.... I like Agbaje and he is someone in the class of Fashola.

But the question is will the pdp let him flourish. The fact that he is sound and smart makes him unfit for pdp. he has a better chance in LP.

In fact I know quite a number of people who will fund his campaign if he decides to ran...

PenSniper:

Its not about PDP, its about Jimi Agbaje.
Finally, The EAGLE has landed to take Lagos State from 1-man show to the highest peak of progress.

FreeGlobe: is he a christian. The next lagos governor must be christian and from pdp.

barcanista: I like Jimi too. I expected him to run in 2011. He wl face a lot in PDP. Bode George is one man that wl want to foist his loyalist using his might. Jimi should consider LP seriously

NewNigeriaMind:


Stop having wet dreams..........we are done with pdp in lagos dumb ass.

I am a big fan of Agbaje and was heart broken he was sidelined in AC then....... if he contest on LP he might just win. But pdp is not the platform he needs.

We are voting people but the party now matters cause pdp has demonstated they can make a tout out of a learned fellow...take Omisore for instance.

Why am I even talking to you... you are not Yoruba.

pls say whatever makes you sleep at night

Xfactoria:

How are you sure it is not Bode George that went to woe him to PDP?

Jimi Agbaje is not a daunce. He would have had some assurances before he took this step.

barcanista: Mr man, I know the personalities and Characters of both men. Jimi is ego-centric like George. Jimi left AC because he doesn't see himself as a "boy" to anybody. George want his followers to be "loyal" 2 him. In 2007, George preferred "Hilda Williams" to Koro and Ogunlewe. In 2011, George's boys preferred an unpopular Ade Dosunmu. Someone of Jimi's Character and integrity will most likely be relunctant to be "loyal" to George. The problem of Lagos PDP is not Tinubu nor APC, it is always internal with George at the center.

abacus:

Nothing good can from PDP..

The day Jimi declare for PDP, no more respect for that fake man..

If Jimi believes he's really popular and man of the people, let him vie under Labour party or Accord..

Until then sha!!

NewNigeriaMind:


Well said.... I like Agbaje and he is someone in the class of Fashola.

But the question is will the pdp let him flourish. The fact that he is sound and smart makes him unfit for pdp. he has a better chance in LP.

In fact I know quite a number of people who will fund his campaign if he decides to ran...

ola6:

You understand Lagos wella. Bode thinks he can impose Jimi on Lagosians? Lol.

anonimi:

Don't you think the way out is to encourage more smart people to join PDP Lagos from now and POPULATE the party so the touts gradually become the minority

BTW. Labour Party (like Accord Party) is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for those who have personal clout and their own network but have no space in the TWO MAIN parties (for now) i.e. PDP and APC.
There is name recognition also in politics as there is in marketing/sales.

barcanista: jimi is not someone George can control. He will most likely lose out in the primaries. Most of Jimi's supporters are the intellectuals and sadly majority of them does not have a say in party politics.
When Jimi flew the DPA's flag in 2007, it was the intellectuals that rooted for him to come 3rd in that election behind brf and koro of AC and pdp respectively

abacus:

Nothing good can from PDP..

The day Jimi declare for PDP, no more respect for that fake man..

If Jimi believes he's really popular and man of the people, let him vie under Labour party or Accord..

Until then sha!!

FreeGlobe: is he a christian. The next lagos governor must be christian and from pdp.

Even if he is as Clueless as GEJ abi?

barcanista: the PDP brand in Lagos has a very battered image. That's the point!

PenSniper:

My bro, i've never been a fan of PDP but to me, anything is better than APC. Besides, with due respect to your religious sensibilities, the general notion then was that nothing good could ever come out of Nazarete, but behold, it produced the Redeemer. Again, dont you think that using Labour or Accord will be playing into the hands of APC by stretching the votes against them instead of channeling it in one direction ? Jimi Agbaje is a genuine progressive and democrat. Sometimes you have to stoop to conquer.

Firefire: speculations


Goodbye APC, goodbye TINnubu

Itoroetti:

APC'S tenure in lagos will end the same way spainish dorminance in football ended.
the sorrows will be unbearable

texaco1: Declaring his interest doesn't mean he has been given the ticket,he still has to go state primary to get the party nomination ,unlike tinubu anti people congress that gives party ticket in tinubu parlour over bottles of beer rlor.

BabaEleko: Please, i need help! Can somebody list me 5 names of credible men of integrity in the PDP caucus.

Jimi in PDP or APC as "Gubernatorial candidate" (emphasizes on " as Gubernatorial candidate"wink 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.