A
former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele, has
described the outcome of the governorship primary of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Lagos as ‘absolutely disgraceful’ and shows that the party is
more like a mafia organisation.
She
said this in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday at the venue of
the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According
to her, the fact that an incumbent governor could not emerge as the party’s
candidate in the primary because of the idea that “one man must be served”,
showed that the APC was no longer a political party.
She
said, “I think it is absolutely disgraceful, what has happened in the APC
because it would seem that the whole idea in the APC is that everyone should be
serving one man and if you’re not ready to serve that one man, then you are
out, so to speak.”
“It’s
not a political party; it’s more like a mafia organisation”.
Bucknor-Akerele,
however, did not mention any names.
When
asked how her relationship was with former Lagos State governor and national
leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, considering that she worked closely with him
and was deputy governor under him from 1999 to 2002, she responded by saying,
“Well, I was never ‘very close’ to him”.
“Yes,
we were together in the Senate, we fought for the restoration of June 12 and I
was his deputy but certainly if the way he treated me when I was his deputy is
the way you treat someone who is very close to you, then I’m sorry, I think it
leaves much to be desired.”
Following
the conclusion of the APC governorship primaries, in which Babajide Sanwo-Olu
emerged as the flag bearer, the PDP on Thursday began the process of
determining who would become its candidate in 2019.
The
party has to choose either Mr Adedeji Doherty or its flagbearer in 2015, Mr
Jimi Agbaje, for the 2019 governorship election.
- Channelstv
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