Alake quits Senatorial race
Font size:   Our Reporter 13/01/2011 00:00:00

Former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr. Dele Alake has quit the Ekiti Central Senatorial race.

In a statement in Lagos last night, he said: "When I joined the race for the senatorial seat in Ekiti, I was motivated by the higher ideal of offering service and quality representation to the people of Ekiti Central Senatorial District in particular, Ekiti State and Nigeria in general.

"I felt that my God-given intellect, talent, elocution and erudiction and articulation, experience, exposure, knowledge and vision would be best put to the service of my people in the National Assembly through a clean electoral process. I did not envisage that an intra-party primary would degenerate into malpractices, fraud, violence and brigandage. Given what occurred on Monday at the cancelled primary in Ekiti Central Senatorial zone, I have come to the painful conclusion that it will be an uphill task for decent people with a sense of propriety to be part of any such process again.

"In the light of this and after due consultations with well-meaning Nigerians across the geo-political divides and given the fact that I subscribed to the principle and value of playing the game by the rule and also the fact that I cherish the quality of my name, status, stature and my image , I have decided not to be part of any such arrangement because there is no guarantee that the same thing will not occur again. Politics, for me, is not a do-or-die affair.

"I do not believe that in order to serve the people you either induce them with money, buy their conscience or resort to thuggery, hooliganism and brigandage. I strongly believe that if one wants to serve, you offer yourself and convince the people with ideas, programmes, plans and manifesto. I do not and will not be part of a scheme that will hoodwink the public because I want to serve them. If anyone resorts to monetary inducement, brigandage and cohesion, then such person’s motive can never be to serve. I, therefore, withdraw my participation in any political arrangement that is not above board. I appeal to all my supporters and well wishers to be calm and law abiding as the Almighty God who sees our hearts and knows our intention is in absolute control."


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The system is so corupt that some of our masses will vote for the stronger persons, regarding the honest ones as weaklings.

spyder880:

The system is so corupt that some of our masses will vote for the stronger persons, regarding the honest ones as weaklings.

That's the strength that enables Mr. Alake, a commissioner in Lagos, until recently, to try to upstage other politicians who have been on ground in Ekiti.

spyder880:

The system is so corupt that some of our masses will vote for the stronger persons, regarding the honest ones as weaklings.

That's the strength that enables Mr. Alake, a commissioner in Lagos, until recently, to try to upstage other politicians who have been on ground in Ekiti.

Na today -

He should learn from GEJ and his camp - on how dollar filled brown envelopes works

kITA TITA:

That's the strength that enables Mr. Alake, a commissioner in Lagos, until recently, to try to upstage other politicians who have been on ground in Ekiti.    

Rubbish. John McCain had been on ground for many years, it didn't stop the voters from choosing the relative JJC, Obama.
Democracy should be about the will of the People. Not about which corpulent politician has been massaging the egos of the godfathers.

ACN --- more like PDP II

Dont know you guys are surprised tihs is happenig in ACN. ACN is filled with PDP 'decampees' so what do you expect.