The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ikorodu, Alhaji Taiwo Adekogbe, in a brief interview with our reporter, Kunle ADELABU, revealed how the main opposition party is strategising to retrieve power from the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming general elections. Excerpts:
Winning 2019 General Elections:
PDP Chairman: We have our strategies in winning the senatorial and other elections. The ruling party is fielding a non-Lagosian as her senatorial candidate while we are presenting a daughter of the soil and a true Lagosian as our candidate. Senatorial districts were created to give opportunities to the people in a particular state to represent themselves but a situation whereby a party is bringing a candidate from another state means that we are not going to be represented in the Lagos East. How can somebody from Ogun State be our senator when our party is presenting an indigene of Ikorodu who is also a princess in Ikorodu Kingdom. We are also mobilizing the electorate to collect their PVCs which they are going to use in changing the government.
His Take On Princess Oyefusi :
PDP Chairman: She is a very sincere woman who has been working seriously to win the election. She has been navigating the length and breadth of Lagos East Senatorial District to interact directly with those that are going to vote. We believe in her and that’s why we picked her as our candidate and she has not disappointed us. She is firmly on ground in Shomolu, Ibeju and Epe.
Surmounting Incumbency Factor :
PDP Chairman: It will be very difficult to win their candidates because they are in power. They have a Presidential candidate who is still the President, even though, their senatorial candidate is not in the Senate but he has been at the State Assembly for 16 years, likewise their candidate for the Assmbly seat in Ikorodu Constituency I who is going for the 4th term while the one for the Constituency II is going for the 2nd term. The fact is that Ikorodu people don’t want repetition and we have given them Mukaila Lamina to replace their candidate in Constituency I. PDP is fully prepared to win in all the elections. They cannot beat our strategies for the elections.
View On The House-To-House Campaign :
PDP Chairman: You can see the reactions of the people since morning that you have been with us (Friday, February 1). Aside going round the community, you can also see that we have also been going into houses and other places to meet religious and community leaders, market men and women among many others, telling them that PDP is the only party that can rescue them. Our candidates, particulaly Princess Oyefusi, knows the problems of Ikorodu and what the people need and she and others are going to deliver if elected.
