Former Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has come out in support of Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.
He claimed that some persons are plotting to kill the Lagos Labour Party’s governorship candidate before the March 11 elections.
Chief George claimed on Monday that there were concerns regarding the protection and safety of the LP gubernatorial candidate and urged security officers to rise to the occasion.
He went on to say that their stance is not about his political allegiance, but about safeguarding a genuine Lagosian.
The PDP chieftain addressed at a news conference in Lagos on behalf of Omo Eko Pataki, an umbrella organisation of renowned Lagos indigenes.
According to him, Rhodes-Vivour is a true Lagosian, and if anything happens to him, the people should know who to hold accountable.
“We wish to inform Nigerians about the heinous plan, to secretly eliminate the Labour Party Governorship Candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour, the latest move by the take Lagos occupiers, to take him out of circulation before the election on Saturday.
“We, hereby, warn that, should anything happen to this vibrant bonafide Lagosian, who fate has thrown up to free our dear state from the stranglehold of marauders, Nigerians should know who to hold,” George said.
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While asking Lagosians to vote in large numbers on Saturday without fear of intimidation, the elder statesman encouraged the state’s people to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“We cannot continue with the old ways. The system is now devoid of stabilizing balance. We must rework it. We must push towards a renewal and a rebirth. This is the time for us to have a change of vision through an electoral overhaul,” he said.
George also criticised a viral video on social media showing a guy threatening to kill everyone who votes for anyone other than APC candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday.
He described the threat as a sad development aimed at deterring people from exercising their civic rights to impact change in Lagos by voting on Saturday.
“As we speak, there are grand designs, to provoke the peace-loving Nigerians, whose resolve is to effect change through the ballot box on Saturday, as threats are being issued against voters suspected to be willing to vote against incumbency.
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“For the avoidance of doubt, a particular video has gone virile, on social media, which showed a weird character, suspected to be one of the agents of the state, threatening ‘brimstone and fire’ against anybody, particularly of South East extraction (Igbo), to dare come out on election day to vote for the Labour Party.
“To this disposition, we, the Omo Eko Pataki, say it is the most heinous crime against humanity in this 21st century, and condemn such in all its entirety. We ask who gave these characters the institutional authority and powers, to query the right of Nigerians to exercise their civic responsibility?” he queried.
“We reject this divisive politics of annihilation of innocent Nigerians, which seek to create anarchy and provoke anger of the citizenry.
“This is the time for us to have a change of vision through an electoral overhaul. We equally urge the electorate in Lagos to go out in their numbers on Saturday, to vote against the plundering that has bedevilled our prosperous state for over two decades as adequate security is assured to everyone out to exercise their civic responsibility,” he said.
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The PDP chieftain, on the other hand, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use BVAS to ensure the transparency of Saturday’s election, noting that doing so would mean “a departure from the February 25 archaic system, where result sheets were manually moved from polling units.”
Other notable attendees at the press conference were a former deputy governor of Lagos, Sen. Kofoworola Buknor-Akerele, Chief (Mrs.) Onikepo Oshodi, and Dr. Lai Ogunbambi, among others.
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