Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said it is not surprised by the remarks of one of its chieftains, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, a former Minister of Works that he will be joining the APC in few days’ time.

Describing his impending move as a good riddance, Dr. Adegbola Dominic, the state chairman of the party described Ogunlewe as one of the major problems militating against the progress of the PDP in Lagos, saying his departure is a positive development for the party.

According to him, the party has concrete evidence that even while claiming to be a PDP leader, Ogunlewe has been collecting money from APC leaders to work against the interest of the PDP in the state.

While asking Ogunlewe to leave the PDP if he so desires, Dominic cautioned him against making unfounded allegations by saying the party chairman asked PDP members to work against Jimi Agbaje, the party’s governorship candidate in the just concluded elections.

According to Dominic “His exit to the APC will affect the fortunes of our party positively because he has been one of the major problems of the party. If he wants to join APC, he should go but he should stop spreading lies about the leadership of our party. For him to say he instructed party members to vote for another political party in the last election is a total lie and mischievous.

“I have debunked this nonsense on about two occasions. There is no evidence to back up that claim. I spoke at the open meeting we had where Jimi Agbaje made the allegation. He said he has evidence and I asked him to show me the evidence but up till now, he has not provided any evidence.

“Our members were angry because of the attitude of our governorship candidate. They were disappointed in him and didn’t want to vote for him. They even came to me and during an open meeting, they demanded that we seek an alternative candidate but I appealed to them to forgive him for the sake of the party.

“For a person like Ogunlewe to be spreading unfounded and baseless rumours shows the kind of person he is. Based on his conduct, we have never regarded him as an asset to our party but a liability. It has always been said that he is a mole in the PDP, he has been working for APC for a long time.

“We have evidence that he has been collecting money from APC leaders even during our own elections to work against us. We have concrete evidence on this. So, if he is joining the APC, it is good riddance and a positive development to our party.”

Ogunlewe, who had taken his son, Moyosore to the home of Bayo Osinowo, senator-elect for Lagos East senatorial district a fortnight ago, had announced on Friday that he will be joining APC in 30 days.

He said his decision to dump the PDP was because the party was rudderless and that it had been perpetually enmeshed in crisis.

Ogunlewe said he saw no future in the PDP and that nobody should expect a politician of his stature to stay in a house where some leaders were only after their selfish interests.

The former minister said that issues arising from the governorship elections exposed the fact that some people were only after money and not the progress of the PDP in Lagos State.

“Yes, I am set to leave. My son is already there and he is expecting me to join him. I am leaving in the next 30 days.

“You see, for now, there is no chairman in PDP. We don’t have leaders and you don’t expect me to stay in a party that is not stable and with people that lack focus.

“Look at what happened in the last elections. The supposed chairman of the PDP in the state asked members to vote for the opposition for whatever reason.

“Is that a party? Should I remain with people like these?

“What these people care about is only their selfish interests and not the interest of the party. I am giving the party 30 days’ notice, after which I will leave.

“I am tired of a party running into one problem or the other and I tell you, these people can never change.”

The former minister said that he was also joining APC because he was convinced that the party would zone the presidency to the South West in 2023, apart from being a better-organised party.

Ogunlewe said he would not want to be left out of any arrangement to give the region the presidency in 2023.

He said he would be leaving the PDP with his teeming supporters, promising to add value to the APC.

https://www.independent.ng/you-have-no-electoral-value-pdp-tells-ogunlewe/

What's his political worth?

Featherweight politicians trying to sound important.

Jobless politicians

Useless old man. The moment he took his son to the house of APC senator last week, I knew it's a matter of time before he joins APC like his brother, Obanikoro

hisexcellency34:
Useless old man. The moment he took his son to the house of APC senator last week, I knew it's a matter of time before he joins APC like his brother, Obanikoro

You can't single him out. PDP Lagos is under the payroll of tinubu that's why Jimi has never been a serious candidate and PDP Lagos failure to give APC Lagos a credible opposition.

People like this should be allowed to leave. You can not have people like this in your life or around you and succeed in life.

People like this man I regard them as crack wall they are useless with no human pride. This is why I respect Bode George despite all that he faced true or false still refused to move goung till date if it were to be too like this he won't even think of his he would still be running errand for Tinubu.

Pls let him go. Ogunlewe pls just decamp today don't wait till tomorrow do it right now.

There is nothing like PDP or opposition in Lagos


Lagos need opposition not this backward PDP party

PDP in blackmailing mode and sifia pain.

Chief Ogunlewe is not joining APC because of himself because his best times as a relevant politician is behind him. He is doing this to boost his son's political prospects ahead of 2023. Musliu Obanikoro made such sacrifice for his own son too and today he is a member House of Representatives.

Hmm

Nigeria, not only Lagos needs a new breed opposition.

Opposition motivated by ideas and policies

Not election and appointments

Ok

These old man

Why should only him be singled out. The truth is that most of the so called PDP leaders in Lagos are in Tinubu's payroll. No wonder Lagos remains the only state in Nigeria that PDP hasn't ruled before at any point. If they had people like Fayose then maybe they can give APC a tougher time.
While PDP keeps waking up in other SW states, in Lagos the keep going from weak to virtually unexisting. So bad.

This is one of the reasons i applauded Governor Wike's insistence on taking the chairmanship of the pdp to the South south, he needed someone he can count on anytime. Just imagine waking up one morning to hear that the national chairman of the pdp has dumped the party for apc. That would be the last straw that will destabilize the party and hasten its demise.

Never trust a Yoruba man

Yoruba and betrayer is 5 and 6.

Tinubu na guy man.

jrusky:
People like this should be allowed to leave. You can not have people like this in your life or around you and succeed in life.

People like this man I regard them as crack wall they are useless with no human pride. This is why I respect Bode George despite all that he faced true or false still refused to move goung till date if it were to be too like this he won't even think of his he would still be running errand for Tinubu.

Pls let him go. Ogunlewe pls just decamp today don't wait till tomorrow do it right now.

The worst thing is that they wouldn't allow anyone to get to the top in the party hierarchy yet they are unloyal

Karatum:
Never trust a Yoruba man

Whoever trust am Igbo man more is a fool


nnamdi kanu betrayed Asari dokubo

Peter Obi betrayed Ojukwu,abandon APGA for PDP

Obiano betrayed Peter Obi


Orji uzor kalu decamping to APC is trustworthiness right? I



the whole Igbo nation betrayed Ojukwu by abandon is APGA party for hausa Fulani party of PDP


Peter Obi betrayed Atiku after the election.He didn't join in the court struggle

Igbo nation betrayed Awolowo in 1979 by voting for shagari instead of their fellow southerner

the list is endless!


forget about blackmail... IGBOs ARE THE BETRAYAL LEGENDS

Karatum:
Never trust a Yoruba man

putin4:
Yoruba and betrayer is 5 and 6.

Your folly is inborn

putin4:
Yoruba and betrayer is 5 and 6.

Whoever trust am Igbo man more is a fool


nnamdi kanu betrayed Asari dokubo


Peter Obi betrayed Ojukwu,abandon APGA for PDP


Obiano betrayed Peter Obi


Orji uzor kalu decamping to APC is trustworthiness right?


the whole Igbo nation betrayed Ojukwu by abandon is APGA party for hausa Fulani party of PDP


Peter Obi betrayed Atiku after the election.He didn't join in the court struggle


Igbo nation betrayed Awolowo in 1979 by voting for shagari instead of their fellow southerner


the list is endless!


forget about blackmail... IGBOs ARE THE BETRAYAL LEGENDS ..Yorubas just don't like crying like you babies!

Karatum:
Never trust a Yoruba man

So Charly boy is also a yoruba man that collected bribe from keyamo to betray the Only activism Nigerian youths are resting their hope, na wah

Se make man no wack again Ni?

HisSexcellency:
This is one of the reasons i applauded Governor Wike's insistence on taking the chairmanship of the pdp to the South south, he needed someone he can count on anytime. Just imagine waking up one morning to hear that the national chairman of the pdp has dumped the party for apc. That would be the last straw that will destabilize party and hasten its demise.

Not all Yoruba but the Lagos Oyo Osun and Ogun states can't be trusted, They easily somersault.

PDP should just invite EFCC to probe the man but unfortunately, Magu will not answer them because once you join APC....

BERNIMOORE:
Not all Yoruba but the Lagos Oyo Osun and Ogun states can't be trusted, They easily somersault.

In politics, it's always important to know who your allies are. They say no permanent friend or enemy in politics. So you need to always know those on your side per time, wike made the right choice there