2019: Lagos Residents Tired Of Being Under One Man, Says Jimi Agbaje
"This time round, we intend to take over Lagos in 2019. The campaign for Lagos is set for us. It is clear to us in Lagos that what Lagosians are looking for is freedom from the vested interests that have gripped Lagos for nearly 20 years."
BY OLUSOLA FABIYI, PUNCH NEWSPAPEROCT 17, 2018

The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has said that the people of the state are tired of being led by one man.

He, therefore, said that voters in the state "are gearing up for a change," vowing that the PDP would win the 2019 governorship in the state.

Agbaje spoke in Abuja on Tuesday when he visited the national headquarters of the party.

He said, "We are getting ready seriously for elections and we just came out of the national convention stronger as a party."

“We have to congratulate ourselves that we now have a Presidential candidate and we also have a Vice Presidential candidate.

"This time round, we intend to take over Lagos in 2019. The campaign for Lagos is set for us. It is clear to us in Lagos that what Lagosians are looking for is freedom from the vested interests that have gripped Lagos for nearly 20 years."

"We have a situation where it had been under the grip of one or two persons and we are tired of that."

Though Agbaje said Lagos "is doing well" when compared to other states, he nevertheless added that the state could do better.

He said his campaign would centre on how to free Lagos State from the grips of those he said had been holding it in captivity.

He said, "We believe Lagos is doing well compared to other states but it can do much better than is doing now but it is being crippled by vested interests."

"Things that could have been done differently are being done in a different manner and that is slowing down the progress and that is what the campaign is set against."

"Free Lagos campaign is a campaign that Lagos can be better and that the alternative can be a lot better than it is today.

“The structure is being put in place and I am sure that at the end of the month, it is going to be a victory for the PDP in Lagos and at the centre and in most of the states that we lost."

Agbaje said that the PDP performed well in the 2015 governorship election, adding that those who voted for the party then would be ready to vote for it again.

In 2015, Agbaje, who was the governorship candidate of the PDP, was defeated by the incumbent Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, of the All Progressives Congress.

Ambode will, however, not feature as a candidate in the 2019 election having been defeated by Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu during the APC governorship primary.

Agbaje said, "There is a lot of confidence (in the PDP now) and don't forget that in 2015 and irrespective of what happened, that votes we had in 2015 still remain intact. Those that voted for us are still there for us."

"The strategy is to expand that base in a way that we have every assurance that we are taking Lagos."

Speaking on a former chairman of the party that was said to have resigned from the PDP, Agbaje said such an action would not affect the fortune of the party.

He said the defected former chairman had nobody to follow him when he joined the APC.

He said, "He left on his own. If you go alone, I don't know how that will affect the party in any way. If he was really somebody that has a structure or followers, you will expect the followers to go with him but when you leave as one person, it means you are of no effect on the party."

"We have not felt anything with his departure and it will not affect us. We have not had defections from the PDP in the last few years."

http://saharareporters.com/2018/10/17/2019-lagos-residents-tired-being-under-one-man-says-jimi-agbaje

That is the truth everyone knows who is in charge

God bless you Jimi

Miscreants that called themselves APC supporters will team up to badmouth you on this thread

Miss yarn

Jimi Agbaje the new face of Lagos

that is your own opinion for the aggressive pig of portorportor to masturbate on

He knows

before jimi was bold enough to say it we have been saying it.

every empire that reigns must come down

tinubu will come down

displacing ambode was his last professional goal

this is our submission

YES!..

If you are a lagosian just know that Tinubu is your father....

Tinubu and his slaves must be flushed out

it's doable

Jimi Agbaje World Cup Governorship Candidate...every four, four years. See you again in 2023

If you are from Lagos state or living in Lagos, this is your daddy and mummy

Tinubu has been ruling Lagos is 1999. That's really so sad and sometimes I wonder what sort of power that man has that he is so untouchable.

babexuyi:
That is the truth everyone knows who is in charge

since he has been in charge no state could be compared with that of lagos state in terms of growth and development. Igbos are opposite of any thing good

Tinubu we know.
Omo oko alalubarika. Omo olodo-ide funrara e.

Slavery is in their Coney heads... It's genetic, i don't thing you can liberate them... It's innate!

never see any of his poster around the city.

Lmao!

I only remember and see this man face on poster every four years

JK Just kidding as usual

skedman:
since he has been in charge no state could be compared with that of lagos state in terms of growth and development. Igbos are opposite of any thing good

Tell dem o

What's his agenda for Lagos? His campaign is basically against on one man ruling Lagos. Lagos is doing well with bad roads and dumps everywhere. May God save Nigeria.

skedman:
since he has been in charge no state could be compared with that of lagos state in terms of growth and development. Igbos are opposite of any thing good

lagos has always been the industrial and economic of Nigeria from time immemorial because its always been a no man's land, so stop attributing Lagos' progressive aura to a drug Lord's dominance, thanks.

JIMI AGBAJE!!! The good leader under the wrong party platform...

You are in Atikulootingnology party known for atikulation of fraud. PDP to be precise.

Sorry, Goodluck try again later. Sai Buhari!

Is a Lie!
BIG LIE!! THEY LOVE IT!!

oooh jimi you are back again u will still come back in 2023 no body own Lagos we all know dt bt jagaban did his best to make Lagos wt it is today compare to other state in Niger

skedman:
since he has been in charge no state could be compared with that of lagos state in terms of growth and development. Igbos are opposite of any thing good

I am neither "ipob" nor "afonja". However I will tell u this. Lagos was developed before Tinubu and will be there after him. The people you are referring to as ipob are also responsible for a lot of development in this state.

Do you know why I am responding to your $hit? Look at Lekki axis. I pay toll fare everyday, meanwhile 90% of the money is given to Tinubu. Now the Lekki Epe road infrastructure is rapidly degrading. Keep on supporting people who don't have your interest at heart.

Donpeak:
it's doable

Of course, it is doable...but not in 2019... I will be very sincere....pdp house is in disorder in Lagos. That's why it won't work in 2019...

For jimi....he is not a politician and also not ready to govern Lagos.....do u know why? He lost to ambode. And kept quiet...who does that.....he should have been doing his ground work before now....but he didn't.....

I like jimi agbaje ....lagos politics have gone beyond his style of contesting for a political post.....he should prepare for 2023...it is doable then...

Most Lagos votes comes from civil servants, market women and men...area boys...and sadly, Apc control most of them....jimi mainly deal with elite...how many the so called elite vote during elections.....

Who are the Lagos residents he is talking about?


Jimi Agbaje should tell us his manifestoes aside his campaign against one man rule in Lagos .

Banyourdestiny:
lagos has always been the industrial and economic of Nigeria from time immemorial because its always been a no man's land, so stop attributing Lagos' progressive aura to a drug Lord's dominance, thanks.

no man's land when ur father's bin buying land rather than inheritance