Lagos 2023: PDP calls Wike’s bluff, says Jandor will win election

By Chukwudi Nweje, Lagos

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Lagos State chapter has dismissed Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike’s endorsement of his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a second term.

In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary Hakeem Amode, the PDP described Wike’s endorsement of Sanwo-Olu as the rant of a drowning man who would clutch at a straw.

The party noted that Wike could not stop Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly called JANDOR from clutching the PDP governorship ticket in Lagos State. It added that the endorsement of Sanwo-Olu is of no consequence as the PDP would defeat the APC at the 2023 poll and send him to the club of former governors.

Wike at the opening ceremony of the 22nd Annual National Women Conference organised by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) at Eko Hotel in Lagos on Tuesday said Sanwo-Olu had done creditably well and would win a second term.

The PDP statement read in part: “I only wonder how Governor Wike, who did not support Jandor and could not stop him from picking the party’s ticket in Lagos despite his might within the PDP, would now apportion to himself the decision of generality of Lagosians in the forthcoming election.

“While we won’t but acknowledge Gov Wike’s developmental strides in Rivers State which has led to the influx of other state chief executives including Sanwo-Olu for commissioning, it is worrisome that Gov Wike will call Sanwo-Olu a performer without asking how many times he has invited anyone to Lagos for the commissioning of an ordinary borehole in his almost four years in office as governor.

“My dear governor and leader, we promise to render Sanwo-Olu jobless and send him to the club of you former governors next year. Only God, who has seen Jandor and Lagos PDP this far, and the generality of Lagosians can determine his fate at the polls in 2023, not your endorsement.

“We will continue to sell our breath of fresh air agenda to Lagosians with the promise of a better tomorrow. Lagos needs a breath of fresh air.”