Published 29th Jan, 2023

By Segun Ige

After no fewer than five thugs linked to the Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, opened fire in Surulere on Saturday, the Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, stated that the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not be participating at the Sunday governorship debate organised by The Platform Nigeria.

He said the party would not be part of any public engagement with the PDP.

“Following advice from competent sources, including elders and respectable Lagosians, we will henceforth shun any forum that may require us being together with the PDP and its agents of violence,” Omotoso wrote on his official Twitter handle, @gbenga_omo.

“The governor holds Pastor Poju Oyemade and the Covenant family in high esteem and cherishes future opportunities to engage the congregation and ender accounts of his stewardship to them as integral parts of the Lagos electorate.

“Consequently, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu regrets to announce that he will not be participating at The Platform governorship debate of January 29, 2023.

Following advice from competent sources, including elders and respectable Lagosians, we will henceforth shun any forum that may require us being together with PDP and its agents of violence.
— Gbenga Omotoso (@gbenga_omo) January 28, 2023

“We will never be found in the company of those to whom the lives of innocent Lagosians mean nothing. Mr Sanwo-Olu won’t share a podium with them.”

Omotoso, however, pointed out that the APC security agencies “will fish out and prosecute the evil actors, who are believed to be henchmen of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)”.

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