Former Deputy National Chairman (South West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has urged Lagosians to vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) after violence at the party’s rally in Ikeja on Tuesday led to the death of five persons.
George made this known during a party stakeholders meeting on Wednesday.
According to him, 2019 general elections would be a contest against the monstrous, dictatorial and reckless godfatherism that has held the state hostage for the past 20 years.
He described the APC as the common enemy of Lagosians that has appropriated the resources of the state for 20 years with no benefit whatsoever to the people of the state.
George said that the PDP has come as the credible alternative to rescue the people from the stranglehood of the APC.
He said, “Our party has now come out on a mission of rescue and salvage. Lagos must be redeemed and unchained from the manacles of APC.”
George, while reacting to mayhem that ensued at the Lagos APC rally, said, “It was on record that on Tuesday, APC murdered five people at their so-called flag-off which turned into killing field. Amid the blood bath, Emmanuel Oladesu, the Political Editor of The Nation Newspaper was hit by a stray bullet. The Correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria, Bolaji Buhari was openly beaten up. A correspondent of the Telegraph Newspaper was equally hit by a stray bullet and robbed. Hundreds of people were injured.
“Surely we can’t continue with this madness. We need a real, progressive fundamental change.”
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