5,000 Lagos For Lagos Supporters Decamp To ApC

 






 The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Thursday received 5,000 decampees from the Lagos4Lagos Movement-supporters of the Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor).


Receiving the decampees, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State said that it was possible for anyone to be misled, but it would be foolishness to continue in a wrong direction after discovering right path.


Hamzat, who handed over the APC flags to the decampees, commended them for retracing their footsteps back to the party, said that they would not regret their decision.


"The state is moving in a right direction. This is the right decision. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has the eye of talents and ability to manage people. 


"This is the time for us to vote for someone that knows the way. It is good you retraced yourselves back. I must tell you that you have made the right decision.



"It is people that make towns, cities and countries great. I am excited that you have see the reason to support Asiwaju," Hamzat said.


Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, the Lagos APC Chairman, thanked the decampees for funding it necessary to be part of progressives' family.


Ojelabi said that the APC-led administration in the state had prioritised welfare of the residents and had improve infrastructure in the state.



"Thank you for finding it necessary to be part of the progressive family and  process of developing Lagos State. 


"You have taken a right decision by coming home to be part of the process. This is your party. You are not going to regret this step," Ojelabi said.


The APC boss urged the residents to used there votes to fast-track more progress and development in the state by voting APC candidates in 2023 general elections.


Earlier, leading the decampees back into APC, Mr Idowu Daramola, said that the group moved back to APC because the Lead Visioner of Lagos4Lagos Movement, Adediran, disappointed them after moving to PDP.


Daramola, Leader of the Diaspora for Adediran, alleged that Adediran was not also accountable to the diaspora supporters and financiers after contributing towards the cause of the movement.


He said that PDP governorship candidate also failed to consult the diaspora members, when choosing Nollywood Actress Ms. Funke Akindele, as his deputy.


Daramola also added that the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as the Presidential Candidate of APC equally changed the political equations, which made the group to re-track their ways back to the ruling party to support the APC presidential candidate.


"We were supporting Jandor because we believed he had a vision but we found out that it was not what we thought.


"What change to our mind again was Asiwaju presidential ticket. We have to move when Asiwaju got the presidential ticket of APC to support him.


"This is a great opportunity for anyone that is a Lagos residents and the Yoruba nation to give support for Tinubu.


"We have told everybody that we needed to go back because we discovered that we were going the wrong direction," he said.


Other leaders of the decampees Mr Tunde Kazeem, the South Africa Coordinator and Mr Ahmed Mefeola, Chairman, Jandor Legacy Forum reiterated that they had expended huge money on Lagos4Lagos Movement before they retraced their way back to the party.


Other leaders of the movement who made remarks were: Kunle Dabiri, Adeola Osundairo, Jumoke Fakoya, Fredrick Falana, Temitope Adebanjo among others.

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