Lagos LG Poll:’Be Courageous’, Bode George Tells PDP Candidates As Party Flags Off Council Election Campaign ….Presents Flags To Candidates

A former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George, has urged the chairmanship and councilorship candidates of the party to be courageous as they kick off electioneering campaign.

Chief George spoke in Lagos on Wednesday at the flag off campaign ceremony of the PDP chairmanship and councilorship candidates for the council election slated for July 12, 2025.

The Atona Oodua urged the PDP candidates to be courageous as they go about telling the electorate about their manifestos.

Chief George also used the opportunity to throw a jibe at the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmoud Yakabu, for the mees he allegedly created in the 2023 general election when he said there was a glitch during the election.

He, however, commended the chairman of the LASIEC, Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile rtd, for her magnanimity, which enables the PDP candidates to be accepted into the state electoral commission’s portal, otherwise he said it would have been difficult for the Party to field any candidate in the council election.

Chief George told the PDP flag bearers not to be intimidated by the ruling party, adding that even if they (APC) write the results eventually, their voices should reverberate across the state.

He said: “The essence of today is to convince the Lagos State electorate that the rumour that has been flying around that the PDP is dead is the most irresponsible statement. How can an iroko die? Now, when I hear that this governor or that has defected , I laugh. Did you see what happened in Gombe at the weekend? Did you see that show of shame? That’s the beginning of the end for the All Progressives Congress.

“I urge you as you go out to campaign, tell the people the true position of things.

“When I graduated about 60 years ago, about eight of us have employment letters already. Now, there’s no job, nothing. Education makes people easy to govern and impossible to decieve,” he added.

Dignitaries at the flag off ceremony include former Lagos State PDP chairman, Tunji Shelle, south West legal adviser, Amos Fawole, and National Ex – Officio, Nike Coker.

Others were former deputy governor in Lagos state, Senator Kofoworola Bucknor- Akerele, member of the PDP Board of Trustee, Chief Mrs Onikepo Oshodi and Dr Mrs Roli Bode- George among others.