The Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos on Monday said it would warmly receive aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)wishing to contest the July 22 council poll on its platform.
The state chairman of the
party, Mr Kola Ajayi made the disclosure in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
He was reacting
to a recent directive by the Moshood-Salvador faction of the PDP telling
its aspirants to contest the July 22 council poll on platforms of their
choice.
The Publicity Secretary of the faction,
Mr Taofik Gani had said the decision was a temporary arrangement to
ensure that its aspirants were not denied participation in the poll.
Gani
said that the arrangement had become inevitable as reconciliation with
the Segun Adewale-led group for the party to unite for the polls was not
yielding results.
Ajayi said the door of the
party was open to aggrieved members of the PDP, but they would be
allowed to contest on the party’s platform as long as they met the
conditions.
“Disagreements are normal in politics, so are movements of politicians from parties to parties for certain reasons.
“So, if some of the aggrieved members of the PDP have decided to join us to contest the elections under our party, why not?
“Our
doors are open. We will warmly receive them and they will surely be
allowed to contest so far they agree to certain terms and conditions.
“One
of the conditions will be that they will not come and use our platform
and dump us afterwards. No,we don’t want ‘use and dump”, he said.
Ajayi,
who is also the state chairman of the Inter-party Advisory Council
(IPAC) in the state said the AD was perfecting preparations for the
elections.
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He
added that IPAC was also taking steps to strengthen harmony among the
political parties and ensure that the forthcoming polls were peaceful.
He
said the party and IPAC were relying on the promise of the Lagos State
Independent Electoral Commission that it would ensure the election was
free and fair.
Assessing the performance of the Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration in the last two years, Ajayi said it had done well.
He
said the achievement of the governor in the area of road construction
was commendable, noting that gridlock had been significantly tackled.
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