The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje, has said that Lagosians were seeking freedom from “vested interests” and the party would oblige them by winning in the 2019 election in the state.
He made this known after visiting the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to him, the party would “take lagos” in 2019 as Lagosians were already tired of the state being under “one man”.
Agbaje said, “We are getting ready seriously for elections and we just came out of the national convention stronger as a party.
“We have to congratulate ourselves that we now have a Presidential candidate and we also have a Vice Presidential candidate.
“This time round, we intend to take over Lagos in 2019. The campaign for Lagos is set for us. It is clear to us in Lagos that what Lagosians are looking for is freedom from the vested interests that have gripped Lagos for nearly 20 years.
“We have a situation where it had been under the grip of one or two persons and we are tired of that.”
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Agbaje will be contesting against All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who enjoys the backing of former Lagos Governor and National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Although Agbaje admitted that Lagos, which has been under the rule of APC or its progenitors since 1999, “is doing well” compared to other states, he noted that the state could perform even better.
He said, “We believe Lagos is doing well compared to other states but it can do much better than is doing now but it is being crippled by vested interests.
“Things that could have been done differently are being done in a different manner and that is slowing down the progress and that is what the campaign is set against.
“Free Lagos campaign is a campaign that Lagos can be better and that the alternative can be a lot better than it is today.
“The structure is being put in place and I am sure that at the end of the month, it is going to be a victory for the PDP in Lagos and at the centre and in most of the states that we lost.”
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