The Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West on Saturday said a former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, did not lead its members in the zone to the inauguration of the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by President Goodluck Jonathan. The party said it was laughable that Daniel now known as the “chief promoter” of the rival Labour Party in the zone would be the head of the party’s delegation to the event presided over by a president elected on the platform of the PDP.
Jonathan had on Friday in Sagamu, Ogun State inaugurated the reconstruction of the road.
The South-West PDP in a statement by its Zonal Publicity Secretary, Waheed Lawal, in Abeokuta said the clarification was necessary against the backdrop of reports in some sections of the media that Daniel led the party’s delegation to the event.
The party said rather, its members were led to the event by both the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the South-West PDP, Mr. Ishola Filani and Chairman of the Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP, South-West, Mr. Buruji Kashamu.
It stated, “They were supported by the chairmen of the PDP in the six states of the South-West. It was unthinkable that Daniel whose is the chief promoter of the Labour Party in Ogun State could have led PDP members to the event when there were notable leaders of the party who mobilised members from different states of the zone. For instance, in Ogun State alone, over 40 buses, fully loaded with PDP members came from the 20 local government areas.
“Furthermore, it stands logic on its head that Daniel whose handful of supporters carried banners with the inscription ‘OGD Political Family’ side-by-side with that of the Labour Party could be said to have led PDP members to an event? Is it not more plausible that he led LP members to the event?”
The party therefore urged the media to be wary of “mischief makers and political rabble-rousers whose stock-in-trade is to take glory for what they did not do.”
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