PDP Not Destined To Win Lagos – Tunde Balogun

The chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Tunde Balogun, has revealed that the Peoples Democratic Party is not destined to win elections in the state.

The APC chairman in Lagos State stated this while receiving defectors from PDP at the party secretariat on Thursday.

He further stated that the party is determined to obliterate the PDP from the political map of Lagos state.

Balogun stated that defectors are joining the ruling party because of the purposeful leadership the party had been giving to people of the state in the last 20 years.

Some of the defectors who were given the APC flags were a former Minister of Works and Housing, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, and his son, Moyo: a former PDP leader in Ikeja constituency, Mutiu Okunola; Alhaji Raman Falawe (Lagos Island); Jebe Dayo (Mushin); Adeoye Shamolu (Ojo); Jaiye Agoro (Lagos Mainland); Sukanmi Fabiyi (Apapa); and Arisekola Afeez (Accord Party, Mushin), among others.

He added that the defectors have been registered and issued the party cards at their various wards.

He said, “We have gathered today to formally receive the PDP leaders that have come to join the APC…Their coming will strengthen our party. Politics is a game of number and since they have come in thousands, they will add to our votes and our strength. No APC member has joined the PDP but they (PDP) have always joined us. They have joined us because of good governance. They all have the potential to be who they want to become in the APC.”

“The PDP is not destined to win elections in Lagos State. We are determined to obliterate the PDP from the political map of Lagos State.”

“APC has its critical development programme for the 21st century economy of the state. We have our 10-point agenda from the beginning. All the governors of the state right from the period of Alliance for Democracy to date have worked through the programme and that has taken us to where we are today and we want to continue to be the leading state in Nigeria and Africa.”

Okunola shortly after the defection stated that he defected to the APC with his supporters to change the narratives.