By Bilesanmi Abayomi
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, South-West Zone General Secretary, Chief Rahman Owokoniran, was absent as Welly Hassan’s group kicked off their door-to-door campaign for the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor.
The former Deputy State Chairman, Hassan, led a like-minded campariot group yesterday, hosted by Jandor, during the inauguration of the group held at City Bar along Ogudu Road area of Kosofe Local Government.
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In attendance were a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos state, Jimi Agbaje; a former State Woman Leader, Mrs. Bisi Odunsi; and several politicians.
However, PDP Kosofe LGA Chairman, Niyi Olabiran, and past Chairman, Kunle Koya, party leader, Onita Coker, Kosofe LGA and Ward Executives, state officers and politicians were absent from the inauguration.
Also, Jandor ward coordinators, when contacted, disclosed that they were not informed about the PDP’s candidate present in Kosofe.
Sources hinted to Kosofe Post that the group loyal to the former deputy Chairman had organized the program to prove that Kosofe’s control of the party is still in his firm grip of Hassan’s ahead of the 2023 general election.
The Kosofe Post reports that the Kosofe Chapter of the PDP is deeply divided ahead of the 2023 election.