Lagos PDP denies factionalisation

By Dapo Akinrefon

lagos —The Lagos State Chapter of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has
dismissed reported factionalisation of the
party, calling on stakeholders to shun
perceived impersonators parading
themselves as party leaders.

The party also appealed to security
operatives to fish out perpetrators of last
week’s fracas at the party’s secretariat in
Lagos during the party’s general assembly
and appealed to members to shun any act
of provocation and harassment that might
truncate the party’s plans to win the
forthcoming local government elections.
Speaking through its Publicity secretary,
Taofik Gani, PDP alleged that there was an
attempt by a group led by one Segun
Adewale to destabilise the party and ridicule
it in the eyes of the public.
The party, in a statement said “The state
chapter is against the recent attack of
peaceful members of the party who
attended the party’s general assembly held
on Wednesday. The spontaneous attacks left
many members injured. This is not the
character of new lagos pdp and we
condemn it just as we expect the law
enforcement agents to investigate and bring
the culprits to book.”