The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in Lagos State has slammed Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, a former Minister of
Works, for saying that he will be dumping the party and joining the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
Ogunlewe, who had taken his son,
Moyosore to the home of Bayo Osinowo, senator-elect for Lagos East senatorial
district a fortnight ago, announced on Friday that he will be joining APC in 30
days.
The former lawmaker said his
decision to dump the PDP was because it had been perpetually enmeshed in
crisis.
Reacting, the State chairman of
the party, Dr Adegbola Dominic in a chat with reporters in Lagos at the
weekend, said the party had evidence that even while claiming to be a PDP leader,
Ogunlewe has been collecting money from APC leaders to work against the
interest of PDP in the state.
Dominic said: “His exit to the
APC will affect the fortunes of our party positively because he has been one of
the major problems of the party. If he wants to join APC, he should go but he
should stop spreading lies about the leadership of our party. For him to say I
instructed party members to vote for another political party in the last
election is a total lie and mischievous.
“I have debunked this nonsense on
about two occasions. There is no evidence to back up that claim. I spoke at the
open meeting we had where Jimi Agbaje made the allegation. He (Ogunlewe) said
he has evidence and I asked him to show me the evidence but up till now, he has
not provided any evidence.
“Our members were angry because
of the attitude of our governorship candidate. They were disappointed in him
and didn’t want to vote for him. They even came to me and during an open
meeting, they demanded that we seek an alternative candidate but I appealed to
them to forgive him for the sake of the party.
“For a person like Ogunlewe to be
spreading unfounded and baseless rumours shows the kind of person he is. Based
on his conduct, we have never regarded him as an asset to our party but a
liability. It has always been said that he is a mole in the PDP, he has been
working for APC for a long time.
“We have evidence that he has
been collecting money from APC leaders even during our own elections to work
against us. We have concrete evidence on this. So, if he is joining the APC, it
is good riddance and positive development to our party.”
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