Politics

Lagos PDP bashes Agbaje over comments on Bode George

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5 years ago

June 6, 2019

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday urged Mr . Jimi Agbaje , its governorship candidate in the last election , to show respect for the party leadership or face sanctions .

The state chairman of the party , Dr Adegbola Dominic , gave the warning while speaking with newsmen in Lagos .
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that he was reacting to a statement made by Agbaje on Wednesday , in which he launched verbal attacks on George .

Agbaje had accused George of being behind the rumour that he had dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress , describing the claim as fiction .

Agbaje said that he was still a member of PDP and asked George to leave the party if he lacked any value to add .

“ People should please tell Bode George to shut up and leave the PDP if he lacks any value to add to the party .
“ He should leave the party instead of being a dog in the manger hampering the progress of the party in Lagos .

“ The false narrative ( that he has dumped PDP ) is a product of his sick mind , or how else do you describe someone who just sits down to concoct fiction and market it as a reality ” , he had said .
Dominic said the party was shocked at Agbaje ’ s statements against Bode George , describing it as “ most unfortunate ”
He said the party had expected Agbaje to show respect for the leadership of the party as well as elders .

Dominic said the party would not condone acts of indiscipline from anyone , or verbal attacks on people he said had laboured to build the party in the state .
“ We are shocked that Agbaje could make these statements against Chief Bode George ; we are really shocked .

“ What he has said is not expected of him , the statements are disgusting and unfortunate . We will not condone this act of indiscipline , ” he said .
Dominic blamed Agbaje for the electoral misfortunes of the party in the last elections , saying he worked at cross purposes with party members .

He alleged that Agbaje spent all the campaign funds on his own without consulting with the party leadership or elders .
The chairman said Agbaje ’ s decision to “ personalise ” the funds ensured party members were denied the necessary resources to prosecute the party ’ s plan for the elections .
The Chairman said it was George and others who spent their personal resources to achieve the little results the party recorded at the polls .

Dominic described Agbaje as an unfaithful party man who used the party ’ s ticket to realise his personal ambitions.
He said party members had lost absolute confidence in him , and he would never get any iota of the party ’ s support in the future .
Earlier, Special Adviser to George on Political Matters , Mr Uthman Shodipe , described Agbaje ’ s statements against his principal as disgusting and disgraceful .
He said it was unexpected of Agbaje to have used such “ crude language ” on George especially as he is from Yorubaland where respect for elders is the norm.
Shodipe said that George nurtured Agbaje ’ s political career in PDP , and his statements were not only disrespectful but portrayed him as “ an ingrate ” .
“ Agbaje ’ s response was sickening for a Yoruba person, very disgraceful and unacceptable .

“ As Omoluabis in Yorubaland , we do not throw stones at elders . What Agbaje has done is basically to throw a sledgehammer at his benefactor by referring to him as a sick mind , ” he said .

He said Agbaje ’ s grouse with George was that he expected him ( George ) to do more than he did himself as a candidate during the last governorship polls .
On Agbaje ’ s claim that George was behind the rumour that he had left PDP , Shodipe dismissed the claim .

He said George said Agbaje was not showing he still belonged to the PDP based on what he called his inconsistency.
Shodipe described Agbaje as a threat to the progress of the party in the state and the South West , saying he once contested against George for PDP National Chairmanship to deny Lagos and the region the seat .
( NAN)