The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 Deputy Governorship Candidate, Funke Akindele, as one without any known electoral value.
metrowatchxtra had on Tuesday reported the nomination of Akindele, Nollywood actress, as running mate to the Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate, Dr. Abdulaziz Olajide Adediran alias Jandor.
In a statement on Wednesday, Spokesman of the Lagos APC, Mr. Seye Oladejo, said the choice of Akindele alias ‘Jenifa’ “underscores the unseriousness of Lagos state PDP.”
“This amounts to trivializing the importance of the forthcoming gubernatorial elections by giving political neophytes who have absolutely nothing to bring to the table their electoral tickets.
“It also shows lack of depth in the party as regards quality members to put forward for elections if they could give a member who crossed-carpeted a few days before their primaries the governorship ticket and now went to the make-believe industry to fetch a deputy,” the statement partly reads.
It continued: “The reason for voters’ apathy is, undoubtedly, due to lack of credible alternatives by the moribund opposition party.
“I was amused to read that the deputy governorship candidate said she was suspending her acting career for the elections whose result is highly predictable. I guess she’s suspending a lot more because she has been in the news of recent for all the wrong reasons.
“Lagosians will certainly not allow governance to be turned to a needless experiment or a sitcom. Governance is serious business not a circus.
“Congratulations in advance to the duo of Governor Babajide SANWOOLU-olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat.”
