Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Chief Tunji Shelle, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has blamed Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the party in the just concluded elections for the humiliating defeat the party experienced in Lagos.

Speaking in an exclusive chat with Daily Independent, Shelle who was in charge when the party won eight seats in the House of Assembly in the Lagos State House of Assembly during the 2015 general elections said Agbaje can never fly the party’s flag again in the future.

He said rather than unite the party leadership, Agbaje sowed a seed of discord and rebuffed entreaties by well-meaning Nigerians to join hands with leaders in Lagos PDP so as to achieve good results.

According to him, rather than work with the party leadership, Agbaje chose to sideline everybody, including the party leadership and elders in the party and decided to run the governorship campaign without carrying anybody along.

“We have a situation where somebody said he could work and achieve victory alone. Meanwhile, he doesn’t know anything. Rather than show cooperation, he was arguing and fighting people who could help him. Even when things were going bad and help was to be rendered, he said he doesn’t need help”.

“Well-meaning people intervened to rally everybody together in Lagos. They called us to a meeting and asked us to help him but he refused, saying he doesn’t need help. He became a lone ranger and stand-alone person”.

“ Even when we were trying to reinforce his campaign team, he told us point blank that he couldn’t work with people he can’t control. He wants to be a master of all and subject everybody in the party under his control which is not possible. You can’t control everybody because PDP is not your private party”.

“So, we decided to leave him to go and do the job alone and at the end of the day, that is the result we got in Lagos. That is the major reason why PDP failed in Lagos”.

“If not for the sympathy votes we got from people who are tired of APC and felt there is need for leadership change in Lagos state, we could have gotten lesser votes in the governorship election. To be frank, our governorship candidate was our problem in Lagos state”.

“He defeated the party and defeated himself. The most unfortunate thing is that he doesn’t feel the pain of what he has caused. Also, there was mismanagement of resources too because everybody left him to his fate to do whatever pleases him”.

Speaking on Agbaje’s chances in future elections, Shelle said Agbaje stands no chance of getting the party’s ticket because he is no longer acceptable to all.

“I am sure he must have realised the fact that he is not acceptable again. He himself knows that the party has rejected him. He should just go and hide somewhere so that PDP can have peace. We shall rise again because this is the last chance of APC in Lagos” he said.

•Read full interview in tomorrow’s edition of Daily Independent

https://www.independent.ng/agbaje-responsible-for-pdps-defeat-in-lagos-shelle/

Jimi is a promoter of division rather than a unifier. He has demonstrated that time and time again with each attempt to become governor. Even within his own party he just could not hide his divisive tendencies. He is clearly not what Lagos needs.

Jimi and PDP lost in Lagos because Tinubu the god of west is very tribalistic.

The moment he contested national chairman positiom against Bode George who brought him into the party, I know the man is a no gooder

No, PDP lost because lagos is been controlled by a Lord called "tinubu", the man influence can never be underestimated, his workers are all over the streets of lagos terrorising people and constantly telling people to vote tinubu's choice and most people's minds has been configured to always see a certain party as the right one, they don't really need a change because they are scared for turn out of things if they do it, in all I don't see pdp winning lagos until the jagaban of lagos is caged and buried politically.

election is gone and no one is gonna bring it back until next 4yrs, we hope for the best this 4yrs.

PDP should stop criticizing Jimi. If not for Jimi, people won't even know PDP exists in Lagos. What has PDP achieved in Lagos? At least Jimi achieved something. Jimi has set the Guinness Book of Records as the #1 Customer Dada Ni

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The Ibo are responsible for his defeat. His association with the Ibo is killing his ambition.

is agbaje the only person PDP can always field in Lagos? Until they change him...no show

The cause is his Igbo relationship When u associate with em u start loosing like em

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donstan18:
Jimi and PDP lost in Lagos because Tinubu the god of west is very tribalistic.

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donstan18:
Jimi and PDP lost in Lagos because Tinubu the god of west is very tribalistic.

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donstan18:
Jimi and PDP lost in Lagos because Tinubu the god of west is very tribalistic.

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donstan18:
Jimi and PDP lost in Lagos because Tinubu the god of west is very tribalistic.

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BravoDe:
The cause is his Igbo relationship
When u associate with em u start loosing like em

Funny but true.

Mr Jimi is a loyalist to failure in the guber election.

He is being motivated by the Abraham Lincoln rise to power. And he won't deter from trying in 2023 till a radical attempt is carried out by the party national leaders.

It was as if Lagos PDP wasn't interested in the election.

In my polling unit, there was this lackadaisical attitude from them

Ok

They're giving Jimi too much credit. Pdp would have lost any which way. Jimi that was chopping campaign money alone, imagine him becoming governor. Anyway we're not ready for PDP in Lagos yet

Jimi. Customer Dada ni.

The moment those flatheadedd bozos started kissing his ass I knew his downfall was imminent. Those osu modafvckers are just a political liability to anyone they support from Fayose to saraki to adeleke to even the almighty Atiku

naijaguy1234:
The Ibo are responsible for his defeat. His association with the Ibo is killing his ambition.

nairavsdollars:
Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Chief Tunji Shelle, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has blamed Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the party in the just concluded elections for the humiliating defeat the party experienced in Lagos.

Speaking in an exclusive chat with Daily Independent, Shelle who was in charge when the party won eight seats in the House of Assembly in the Lagos State House of Assembly during the 2015 general elections said Agbaje can never fly the party’s flag again in the future.

He said rather than unite the party leadership, Agbaje sowed a seed of discord and rebuffed entreaties by well-meaning Nigerians to join hands with leaders in Lagos PDP so as to achieve good results.

According to him, rather than work with the party leadership, Agbaje chose to sideline everybody, including the party leadership and elders in the party and decided to run the governorship campaign without carrying anybody along.

“We have a situation where somebody said he could work and achieve victory alone. Meanwhile, he doesn’t know anything. Rather than show cooperation, he was arguing and fighting people who could help him. Even when things were going bad and help was to be rendered, he said he doesn’t need help”.

“Well-meaning people intervened to rally everybody together in Lagos. They called us to a meeting and asked us to help him but he refused, saying he doesn’t need help. He became a lone ranger and stand-alone person”.

“ Even when we were trying to reinforce his campaign team, he told us point blank that he couldn’t work with people he can’t control. He wants to be a master of all and subject everybody in the party under his control which is not possible. You can’t control everybody because PDP is not your private party”.

“So, we decided to leave him to go and do the job alone and at the end of the day, that is the result we got in Lagos. That is the major reason why PDP failed in Lagos”.

“If not for the sympathy votes we got from people who are tired of APC and felt there is need for leadership change in Lagos state, we could have gotten lesser votes in the governorship election. To be frank, our governorship candidate was our problem in Lagos state”.

“He defeated the party and defeated himself. The most unfortunate thing is that he doesn’t feel the pain of what he has caused. Also, there was mismanagement of resources too because everybody left him to his fate to do whatever pleases him”.

Speaking on Agbaje’s chances in future elections, Shelle said Agbaje stands no chance of getting the party’s ticket because he is no longer acceptable to all.

“I am sure he must have realised the fact that he is not acceptable again. He himself knows that the party has rejected him. He should just go and hide somewhere so that PDP can have peace. We shall rise again because this is the last chance of APC in Lagos” he said.

•Read full interview in tomorrow’s edition of Daily Independent

https://www.independent.ng/agbaje-responsible-for-pdps-defeat-in-lagos-shelle/

jemi is Tinubu boy naah, what do u expect?