~~Lagos 2023 Gubernatorial Election.
The Contenders and Pretenders: A story of Victors and Victory.

The forthcoming 2023 elections provides our great party with another opportunity to accomplish its goal of surmounting APC at the governorship poles. Given this huge task that seems more possible now than ever, PDP may be in for an intense Face-off between her members for the representative ticket of the gubernatorial Candidate for 2023. The fierce battle for the one who will stand in line for the party in the battle for the Governor of Lagos state has begun.
In Lieu to this, there are seven major aspirants vying for the PDP gubernatorial ticket:

WHO ARE THE CONTENDERS?
1.) First on the list is Prince Wale Gomez. Prince Wale Gomez as loved by many is a chieftain of the PDP in Lagos, he has shown his readiness to lead the party 'in the past'. He has never hidden the fact that his eyes is set on the governor's seat at Alausa. He has perambulate the political terrains in Lagos, combing the four walls of the state, laying his bricks layer by layer, hoping to win. If he will actualize his ambition we are yet to see as we keep our fingers crossed.

2.) Another aspirant is David Kolawole-Vaughan otherwise known as DAKOVA by many. Dakova is a remarkable political strategist known within the state and the national level.  He is crafty and talented in the areas of applying his ingenuity.
What is clear for everyone to see however is his irrevocable will to also contest for the party representation at the polls for the 2023 gubernatorial election and he has obtained his nomination form as a proof of this.
Everyone knows Dakova has been contesting before now. However, the question on everyone's lips is "How far will Dakova go with his ambition"?.




3.) Dr Ade Dosunmu, Former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and also the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011 election has also shown tenacity. He would have been a good contender but for his lateness and past antecedent in gubernatorial elections, we don't know how far he too can go.

4.) Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour is an architect, public policy expert, politician and leader of the OURLAGOS movement, a beneficiary of the 'not too young to run movement'. In the 2019 general elections, he emerged as the PDP senatorial candidate representing Lagos West, the largest senatorial district, (by population), making him the youngest senatorial candidate of a major party. His partnership with WellaHealth to provide Micro Health Cover for 1 million Lagosians in commemoration of World Malaria Day on the 25th of April 2022 has set up a good precedence for him and his commitment to healthcare. 

MR. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, GRV is a young, vibrant and charismatic aspirant but he is coming out late and we can't tell yet what will be his fate.

5.) Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known in the state political circuit as Jandor has shown his zeal,  fervor and readiness. The leader of the Lagos4Lagos Movement has raised the bars for governorship aspirants within the party by creating a clear consise focus and working tirelessly to actualize it. It's not an hearsay to state as a fact that since Jandor walked into the Party he has become an household name greatly penetrating all sections. He is the first aspirant to purchase the Lagos Nomination Form for governorship among the aspirants in the PDP as to formally confirm his readiness to contest for the party’s ticket. This clear and consise action along with other proceeding establishes that he has a strong structure reminding me of Funsho Williams of blessed memory; the only man to have ever had such structure. This and his astute, insightful approach to politics, gives him a higher chance of winning the elections.

6.)Equally, Otunba Olanrewaju Kamal, Jim-Kamal as he is fondly called has declared intention to contest for the Lagos state governorship under our party. Although he is unknown, he has transverse the state, building where he can and has been making his four-point agenda known. Nonetheless, we are yet to see him show to us that he is a strong contender.


7.) Consequently, Adedeji Doherty, former National Vice Chairman, South-West of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a 2019 governorship aspirant has now shown interest to also contest for the party's representative ticket.
The unorthodox but seemingly true thing about Doherty is that If given the party's ticket, He might sell it to the opposition Party.
It looks irresponsible but not impossible. Doherty has consecutively announced his lack of  intention to contest for the 2023 governorship elections and now, in am improbable situation, he has declared his intention to contest for the Party's ticket and the question I keep asking is Why? Why now?
It is an open fact even among his caucus in the party that Doherty is not contesting and now, Doherty has become a contestant. This solidifies beyond any scientific fact that Doherty is not a man of his words and given his chronicles, if presented the ticket, he might sell it to the highest bidder among the opposition party.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO AS A PARTY?
Now more than ever, we have a group of contestants with a large following. We also need to understand that defeating the All Progressive People's Party, may remain impossible and unattainable if the party stakeholders refuse to work together as a team.
Judging from the current demeanor of the party, a large percentage of our stakeholders are distracted by narrow interests and sympathies at the expense of the party's Victory at the polls.
In respect to this, it is safe to say PDP stands a higher chance of winning the gubernatorial election if we come together as one, a true PDP family and Unanimously elect a suitable aspirant that will deliver the state for us while we work together to ensure his success.

Hon S.T Dairo
Public Analyst

Where is customer daada Jimi Agbaje

Last last they'll all withdraw from the race after receiving their envelopes, leaving Jim Agbaje who will then surrender to whoever Mr. Bedwetter has endorsed.

PDP needs to
be more serious if they really want to win in Lagos in 2023. Jandor

thesicilian:
Last last they'll all withdraw from the race after receiving their envelopes, leaving Jim Agbaje who will then surrender to whoever Mr. Bedwetter has endorsed.

e go shock you this time around.

Mtcheww......lagosians are not ready to free themselves from bourdillon's mental and stomach slavery.
Whoever Tinubu anoints will become governor of Lagos State.
Just a bottle of ororo and #500 owo ounję arô ati alę from lagos landlord will do the magic.

Jostoman:
e go shock you this time around.

I am already shocked that anything still shocks you about Nigerian politics till today.