A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje has hinted that news that he has dumped the PDP to rejoin the All Progressives Congress is false.
Jimi Agbaje, who was the candidate of the PDP in the March 2019 gubernatorial election was rumoured to have resigned his membership of the party to support the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Joe Igbokwe, the Special Adviser on Drainage and Water Resources to Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was one of the notable APC stalwarts who posted the news of Agbaje dumping the PDP.
Countering claims of pitching a tent with the ruling APC to work for the emergence of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President, Agbaje told Channels Television that he was shocked to wake up to the news.
He said;
“I think it is one of the downsides of social media where mischief makers can just throw up anything and it is out there. There is no truth whatsoever in it, I remain in the PDP. So this is smoke without fire.
“I woke up this morning to read the news just like anybody. Normally they say there is no smoke without fire, but I think this is a case of where there is smoke, there is no fire because there is no fire in the first place.”
Also, in a Tweet on Wednesday, the politician said that he is still in the PDP and indirectly said it was not Tinubu’s turn to be president.
He tweeted, “EYIN KO LOKAN O. Nigerians lokan. (It’s not your turn. It’s Nigerians’ turn).
“Jimi Agbaje – PDP
July 13, 2022.”
‘Emi lokan’ is a Yoruba slang attributed to Tinubu’s presidency following his outburst in Ogun State before the party’s presidential primary election
