Lagos State
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015
election, Jimi Agbaje has joined the party's National Chairmanship race.
Declaring
his interest for the position when he visited the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele
Fayose, the trained pharmacist said he is the best man for the PDP job.
Agbaje was
the front-runner in the August 2016 convention, however, a court ruling secured
by former party Chairman, Ali Modu-Sheriff, hindered the convention from
proceeding with the elections.
Agbaje said
he decided to visit Fayose because it will be inappropriate for the governor
who is the only PDP governor from the South West to “get to know about my
aspiration in the media, hence, my decision to come here and tell you
formally.”
While
describing himself as “the best man for the job,” Agbaje said; “If not for what
happened at the August last year’s convention, I would have clinched the
chairmanship position then and I am confident that I will emerge as the
chairman this time around.”
On his part,
Fayose said chairmanship aspirants from the zone must come together and present
a single candidate for the position. “It won’t be in the collective interest of
the Southwest zone to present six aspirants at the convention as we presently
have.”
“Chairmanship
aspirants from the Southwest must come together and allow one person to fly the
flag,” Fayose said. “It will be like crashing before take-off if we take six
aspirants to the convention.”
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