A group, Patriots of Nigerian Democracy, has lambasted the 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and other leaders of the party for saying they will take over the state in 2027.

Rhodes-Vivour, while speaking to journalists in Umuahia, Abia State capital, at the end of LP’s extended stakeholders’ meeting Wednesday, said that they will take over Lagos State.

“LP is now well structured, not just to win but to take power in 2027. What we have come to do here in Umuahia is to bring everybody on the same page. We are set for new victories in 2027.

“I believe Labour Party will win Lagos State more convincingly in 2027. Since after the 2023 elections, work has not stopped; we have not gone quiet. Every day, we are getting stronger and stronger.

“So, we are not just going to win but stand up and take power,” Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour had said in Umuahia.



Reacting to the statement, the group said that LP leaders are a bunch of hypocrites who pretend to be on the side of the people but neck deep in their selfish interests.

The statement jointly signed by the president of the group, Comrade Olaolu Esan, and the Secretary, Mr. Abdullahi Rabiu, recalled that LP and its supporters recently attacked the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, for urging the Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, to rejoin the All Progressives Congress (APC), vowing that the ruling party will win the state in 2027 in a viral video.

“All hell was let loose recently when the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, in a video that went viral called on the Governor of his own Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, to rejoin APC.

“Kalu came under heavy criticism and attacks by LP and its supporters. They criticized him for speaking his mind. They made Nigerians to see him in bad light as if what he said was a taboo.


“But here we are. Just about one or two weeks afterwards, the same LP leaders assembled in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, to issue a quit notice to APC in Lagos.

“So, where is their nobility? Where is their shame? They abandoned governance for politics of 2027. How does that make them the ‘saints’ of the Nigerian politics? Are they for the people or against the people?nbsp;

“We had thought that the LP leaders gathered in Umuahia to discuss the biting economy and the solution. We had thought they gathered to tell Nigerians how they will entrench good governance in Abia State but didn’t know their meeting was about strategies to take over Lagos, an APC controlled state. We have waited for Abia Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, to call Rhodes-Vivour to order or to at least tell him, it is not yet time for politics but more than 24 hours, none of the LP’s leaders has done that.

“We want to say that this is very unfortunate. It simply means that politicians irrespective of their political parties and leanings are all one and same. They always think about the next election and not about good governance. They are always after their personal agenda and selfish interests.

“If this will be tolerated, it simply means that the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Kalu, is vindicated. Labour Party supporters owe the Deputy Speaker a collective apology for attacking what he said and saying what they attacked. This is hypocrisy.

“Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour’s comment indicates and gives a feeling that the media attacks on Kalu were actually sponsored even though it was highly unnecessary. LP leaders can’t be a bunch of hypocrites.

“Our concerns are good governance and the welfare of the Nigerian people. While we are not saying that politicians should not “battle” themselves over 2027, they must ensure that Nigerians get the dividends of democracy. Good governance should not be sacrificed on the altar of politics. Nigerians should not be short changed in anyway rather their lives should be improved by every means possible. That is our position,” the statement said.

blackgold2018:
I dont support APC in lagos. Apc in lagos is even stronger than APC in the national level. They run the state like a mafian gang.

No other party can remove them, its impossible. The only way Apc in lagos can loose is if a group of their own cartel will disintegrate and form another gang party to win the election.

I remember that PDP candidate that have tried for years but later gave up.

chopnaira:
He can only take over Lagos in his dreams, and especially not from Abia state. Gbarebo, Lagos economy is too complex to hand it over to a rookie like yourself.

Anyway, we dash Anambrans (His mom's people) Gbarebo. He would do a better job than Soludo

blackgold2018:
I dont support him either. He seems arrogant.

But did you think your present governor is handling lagos state economy well? Do you know that APc they run your state like cartel?

Do you know how much this cartels share among themselves monthly from lagos revenue?

He should only know people like fashola or Ambode are the competent candidates that had done well. Lagos state needs to be released from Tinubu grip. Then you will know how much lagos generates

chopnaira:

Do you blame them? If you witnessed Lagos before 1999, and the now Lagos of 2024, it would be crazy to try and vote for an outsider party that has not been tested.

Problem now as you have mentioned is that APC's is so strong in Lagos that it's almost impossible for an outsider (different political party) to win except the party splits in Lagos. Yes it's like a mafia stronghold. APC members in Lagos are closely knitted from the grassroot politician all the way to the governer and are bounded by their allegiance to Tinubu.

blackgold2018:
I dont support him either. He seems arrogant.

But did you think your present governor is handling lagos state economy well? Do you know that APc they run your state like cartel?

Do you know how much this cartels share among themselves monthly from lagos revenue?

He should only know people like fashola or Ambode are the competent candidates that had done well. Lagos state needs to be released from Tinubu grip. Then you will know how much lagos generates

Emekaonline:
"Shinedu" can only win in Abia or Anambra his mum state. What an insult for someone who could not only speak Yoruba but even also denigrate us. He will remain a perpetual candidate in politics of South West. If he wants to win and implement good governance, Let the Anambra people have him for good.

GoodLife4live:
please show us beautiful structures like this in Abia and Anambra that Tinubu and other APC have not govern....

We can't handle Lagos treasury to an outside

Jayhome24:
Ok Vivour we have heard you and you know what? We are waiting for you and your group of ingrate invaders, I swear 2023 will be a childplay to what we will do to you and LP in Lagos.

We are waiting.....

I blame the Lagosan who slept too long and woke up almost too late but I promise you this bastard we will deal with you beyond your belief in 2027.

GoodLife4live:
please show us beautiful structures like this in Abia and Anambra that Tinubu and other APC have not govern....

We can't handle Lagos treasury to an outside

GoodLife4live:
please show us beautiful structures like this in Abia and Anambra that Tinubu and other APC have not govern....

We can't handle Lagos treasury to an outside