The Party, through a statement by Taofik Gani, its publicity secretary, said the delay in the conduct of the council elections showed that Ambode was not prepared to govern Lagos state in accordance with the provisions of the constitution.
The Lagos PDP also blamed Governor Ambode and the ruling APC, for the delay in the council election, saying the latter was afraid of losing the poll.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state
Gani said: “In view of the result of the last election, the APC knows it will lose the election. What the governor is doing by delaying the election is to give them time to recuperate from where they lost. It is unfair. It is undemocratic.”
However in a swift response, Joe Igbokwe, the APC publicity secretary, dismissed PDP’s claim, stating that his party would never be afraid of the opposition party in any electoral contest in the state.
Igbokwe said the election would hold when they were ready and not because the PDP said there should be council poll.
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Igbokwe: “We are preparing. Any day we are prepared, that is when we will do the local government election. We cannot go into election because PDP said we should hold election. We are the ones that will decide. We are the actors. We are the one in government. They are just spectators. For 15 years, we have been defeating them. What is left of the PDP?”
The Lagos state council election ought to have been held in October 2014, when the tenure of the last elected councils officials elapsed but there are however strong indications that the council polls might not hold anytime soon.
This follows reports that the Lagos State Electoral Commission (LASIEC) was waiting for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to update the voters’ register.
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