Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Lagos West Senatorial District in the 2023 general elections, Segun Adewale, yesterday, stated that the party’s one-time Deputy National Chairman, Olabode George, is not his political benefactor.
Popularly known as Aeroland, Adewale clarified his position in a statement.
He was reacting to a claim allegedly made by George, also a member of the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT), that he (George) has been supporting his political aspirations and helped his political career.
Adewale said he was dismayed by the claim and others concerning him, which, he said, George made on national TV.
The former Lagos PDP chairman said: “Chief Olabode George’s claim of providing support for my political career is false.
“The claim lacks any substance or evidence. I have hardly been on the same divide with George in the party because of our ideological differences.
“Bode George was rather chasing shadows in the interview instead of addressing the damning allegations of anti-party activity.”
“The diversionary tactic of false claims of helping my political aspirations will not yield any fruit.”
On George’s claim that he asked a candidate to step down for him in 2023, Adewale insisted that the aspirant in question actively took part in the primary and lost.
The Lagos PDP ex-chair claimed that George never had the interest of the party at heart, saying while he was busy pursuing southern presidency in 2023, supporting candidates of other parties, he (Adewale) and the governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) aligned with Atiku Abubakar as the party’s presidential candidate.
