Former
Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George,
has expressed shock over the endorsement of the All Progressives Congress
governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, by businessman
Femi Otedola.
Otedola, who
is the Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, was, only last month, rumoured to be running
for governor on the platform of the PDP, a report which he neither denied nor
confirmed.
Media
entrepreneur, Mr. Dele Momodu, had said in September that Otedola had privately
confirmed to him that he would be contesting the governorship seat.
However, in
a post on his official Instagram handle on Saturday, Otedola said, “Dinner at
my residence yesterday evening with my childhood friend, APC governorship
candidate, Jide Sanwo-Olu; the governor in waiting.”
George, in a
telephone interview with our correspondent, expressed bewilderment at Otedola’s
support for the APC governorship candidate.
The PDP
Board of Trustees member said, “That is news to me. That is very interesting.
Wonders will never cease. It is very shocking.”
When asked
to comment on Otedola’s purported governorship ambition, George stated, “He has
always been with us (PDP). I will call him. I will find out that ‘Ki lo ri? Ki
lo se? (What did you see? What did you do?)’ That is strange.”
He, however,
added that Otedola’s endorsement of the opposition would not influence the strategies
of the PDP in Lagos.
The PDP chieftain
said, “No, it doesn’t affect our strategies towards 2019 because he is not in
our camp. But it is a shocking. He is my aburo (junior) and I am going to find
out from him what made him (endorse Sanwo-Olu).
“But he is a
thoroughbred Lagosian and the people Bola (Tinubu) is handpicking are all from
Ogun State. Is that what he wants for his state? I will ask him.”
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