Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje has blasted the All Progressives Congress for failing to congratulate him on his win.
APC Lagos spokesperson, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, had revealed that they won’t congratulate Agbaje due to rigging which greeted the primary.
APC said it will not congratulate Agbaje because doing such “implies that we are supporting an illegality.”
Agbaje in a statement replied and said that the APC were a bunch of hypocrites.
The statement read: “We had wondered why neither the APC candidate nor the party had deemed it fit to congratulate Agbaje in line with the finest tenets of democracy. But it is now clear that they were in shock at the emergence of a credible and powerful candidate for the PDP in Lagos State.
“The APC lacks the moral standing to point fingers because its own primaries had glaring flaws. For example, the APC only released the delegates’ list on the day of the primary, while the PDP released its delegates’ list a week before the first primary and two weeks before the governorship primary. Also, the APC candidate came through imposition, the method it has always used from time immemorial.”
“The APC has hinged its history on the imposition of candidates. And, in keeping with this undemocratic tradition, the APC ensured its governorship candidate emerged strictly through imposition.”
Agbaje had defeated Musiliu Obanikoro in the PDP primaries, with the former minister describing the election as rigged.
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