S'West PDP: Respect Chief Bode! Atofarati Tells Lagos PDP Chairman, Urges Support For Arapaja
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Chief Sanya Atofarati has cautioned the Lagos State Chairman of the party, Deji Doherty, to desist from making further divisive comments against the party leadership in the state.
Atofarati was reacting to a statement credited to Doherty where he purportedly denied the knowledge of endorsement of Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja as the sole Candidate for the National Vice Chairmanship position by leadership of the party in Lagos state but tagged it as "Chief Bode George's factional endorsement."
Atofarati said, "It is needless throwing banters at party leaders, especially when it affects those who have contributed immeasurably towards ensuring that PDP have a taste of governance in Lagos State. Chief Bode George has sacrificed a lot in stabilizing the opposition Party in the state as against the the agenda of some internal saboteurs who have conspired with the APC elements with the sole aim of mortgaging the future and fortunes of the party for self-centeredness ."
He said the endorsement of Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja by the leadership of PDP in Ondo, Ekiti and Lagos States, respectively, and especially by the former National Vice Chairman (Southwest), Chief Bode George, was predicated track records of integrity and the confidence they all have in his cohesive leadership, as nominated by the party leader in the zone, Gov. Seyi Makinde.
Atofarati disagreed there was crisis in the zone but described politics as a game of interest which he said was not peculiar to the Peoples Democratic Party but synonymous to every human organization.
He appealed to every dissatisfied persons within the party to subject their personal interests to that of the party to enable it come out formidably in future elections across the zone.
Atofarati expressed confidence in Gov. Seyi Makinde's leadership and political experience of Arapaja to provide inclusive leadership for the party in the zone. Therefore urged every members of the party, especially the Delegates in the forthcoming zonal Congress to support Arapaja's National Vice Chairmanship ambition to provide collectivism as against individualism in the party.
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