By DAPO AKINREFON
LAGOS — FORMER National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, has flayed the administration of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, government in Lagos State just as he restated his party’s readiness to wrest power from the party in 2015.

He said this in Lagos, weekend, while receiving defectors from ACN at the party’s secretariat in Lagos.

Chief George berated the Lagos State Government for failing to address the problems facing Lagosians, noting that: “I am not surprised that every reasonable and thoughtful Lagosian is abandoning the ACN sinking ship in Lagos.

”Tinubu and his co-travellers are clueless about what to do. They are in power, but they are not in government. They are collecting over N40 billion every month in internally- generated revenue and yet, the people live in misery and penury.”

While he said the party was putting its house in order to ensure it emerges victorious in the 2015 governorship election, he enjoined members of PDP to join hands to work for the progress of the party.

He said: “Is Fashola a symbol of our future? No. Is Tinubu a symbol of our future? No. Fashola, Tinubu and the ACN gang are the worst nightmares that are now tormenting our psyche. We must flush them out, we must throw them back to where they belong.

‘The journey has started right now. We cannot wait a minute longer; the mission is our collective responsibility. We must all join hands to remove the ACN disease and scourge from our midst.”

Former governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni, expressed optimism that PDP will form the next government in Lagos State.

Also present at the event were Senator Iyiola Omisore; Chief Ebenezer Babatope; former governorship candidate of PDP, Dr. Ade Dosunmu; state party chairman, Captain Tunji Shelle (rtd), among others.

The decampees, led by Mr Abdulkareem Rafiu, described PDP as the only party that allow internal democracy, blaming the leadership of ACN for imposing candidates on the people.

The people of Lagos state are fed up with the administrative style of the CAN and are yearning for change.

In his remarks, Shelle said, “the PDP is on the rise again, marching to Alausa and that by 2015, we will be on the seat of power to make life more abundant for the people who in any case, are actually yearning for change.

It’s time for National Dialogue, says Gani Adams

Meantime, National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams has called on the Federal government to convene a national dialogue to address the various problems facing the country. In a statement made available to Vanguard, Otunba Adams stated that the call for a national dialogue being advocated is imperative to rebuild the nation and rescue it from imminent collapse.

According to him, “over the past years, the Boko Haram sect has escalated its deadly attacks against Christians and government targets in the North, killing innocent Nigerians and maiming several others. The activities of the group have no doubt heightened fears among Nigerians about their safety. There is a growing sense of insecurity everywhere you turn as Nigerians, especially those based in the North, now live in fear.”

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