Lagos - A former acting National
Vice-Chairman of the PDP, Adedeji
Doherty, on Friday formally
declared his aspiration to fly the
party's flag in the 2015
governorship elections in Lagos
State.
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With the declaration, Doherty, an
engineer, is seeking the party's
governorship ticket in Lagos for
the third time.
Doherty, who arrived at the PDP
state Secretariat in Ikeja with
hundreds of his supporters, said
that he remained the best aspirant
for the ticket.
Addressing the party’s executive
members in the state, Doherty, 52,
said that the large turnout of
supporters was an attestation of
how much the people loved him.
"As a founding member of the PDP,
I have been a governorship
aspirant of the party in 2003 and
2007. I believe I have what it takes
to clinch the seat for the PDP.
"I have developed a 10-Point
Agenda for making life easier for
the masses of Lagos State," he
said.
The aspirant said that if he won
the ticket and was elected, he
would abolish multiple taxation in
Lagos State.
Responding, the Lagos State
Chairman of the PDP, Tunji Shelle,
assured him that there would be a
level playing ground for all the
aspirants.
Shelle said that the party had
many promising aspirants and the
emergence of its candidate would
be determined at its primaries. http://m.news24.com/nigeria/Politics/News/Former-PDP-National-Vice-Chairman-joins-Lagos-guber-race-20140926