2011:PDP Presents 5 Guber Aspirants
Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], has announced that five governorship aspirants has signified their interest to contest the governorship election in 2011.
The aspirants, who held a closed door meeting with the executive members of the party at the party sceretariat GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, include Dr. Adedeji Aganga-Williams; Dr. Ade Dosunmu; Chief Tunde Etti; Mr. Owolabi Salis and Mr. Babatunde Gbadamosi.
The party executives also held a meeting with 24 aspirants vying for the state House of Assembly seats; 14 others for the House of Representatives and one aspirant for Senate, in the 2011 election.

Speaking shortly after the meeting, the governorship aspirants expressed their desire to work for the overall success of the party in the 2011 election, irrespective of who emerges as the party’s candidate.
According to Aganga-Williams, the party is concerned about what he termed ‘economic enslavement’ of the people of Lagos State, adding that it was time to rescue the situation before it degenerates further.
“It can lead to security imbalance, that is why we are offering ourselves to bail out the people of the state,” he said.
Gbadamosi who said that the party was growing in Lagos , also noted that as agents of change, all the aspirants have agreed to support whoever emerges as the party's flag bearer.

Another aspirant, Owolabi, alleged that the resources of the state had been mismanaged, adding that the party was poised to bridge the gap between the poor and the rich when elected into power.
He said that the leadership of the state's PDP called the meeting to find out their level of preparedness for the party’s primaries.