Hours after the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje denied news of him stepping down, his campaign organisation has accused Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) of promoting the rumour.
In a statement Wednesday night, the organisation revealed how the ADP candidate made several overtures to the PDP, Agbaje and others, seeking to be adopted as consensus candidate.
In the statement signed by Benson Babajide for Jimi Agbaje Support Group, the organisation said that “having failed in his desperate bid, he began to spew falsehood on different platforms.
“The voting public is hereby notified that the purported news is false, untrue, misleading, mischievous and a figment of the imagination of those sponsoring it.”
Babajide noted that whilst Gbadamosi and his team were seeking partnerships in a bid to take advantage of the presence of PDP network in Lagos and make use of PDP party agents, Agbaje forged ahead with his campaign across the state selling his vision of freedom.
It reads: “The Jimi Agbaje Support Group states that the intention is laced with propaganda and deliberately timed for release in the closing moments of the Governorship campaigns.
“We are by this statement notifying the public that Jimi Agbaje of the PDP remains the candidate of the party and is in no form of alliance or talks with Gbadamosi and ADP.
“Whilst not holding brief, the CUPP will not be used to promote the desperation of any selfish candidate. Voters are advised not to fall for this dummy intended to sway votes in his favour.
“Gbadamosi is also advised not to allow himself to be duped by desperate political merchants as there is no CUPP arrangement in Lagos but only in Abuja for the presidential race,” the statement added.
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