Kashamu calls for support across factions as he emerges PDP gov candidate in Ogun
Senator Buruji Kashamu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun, said his emergence on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)'s final list of candidates is a victory for resilience.
- INEC has released its final list of candidates for the coming elections and Senator Kashamu is happy his name is on the list
- The PDP governorship candidate in Ogun said his emergence on INEC's final list is a reward for his resilience
- Kashamu asked all his party's supporters in the state to work together to ensure victory at the forthcoming elections irrespective of their factions
Senator Buruji Kashamu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun, said his emergence on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)'s final list of candidates is a victory for resilience.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the embattled Kashamu made the INEC final list of candidates for the 2019 general elections released on Thursday, January 17.
In a swift reaction, Kashamu, through his spokesperson, Austin Onyikor, said in Ijebu Ode that despite the announcement, “there was no victor, no vanquished.”
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The senator, currently representing Ogun-East senatorial district, urged party faithfuls to work together for victory at the polls.
He said with the publication of the final list of candidates by INEC, it was incumbent on all lovers of the party to close ranks and work to deliver Ogun for PDP.
Kashamu commended INEC and the judiciary for standing firm on the side of justice and the rule of law.
He said: “Like I said recently, we are members of the same family. We may have our differences in the past. At the end of the day, it is the party that wins, not any individual or group. We have to come together and work to deliver Ogun for PDP in all the elections.
“As the governorship candidate of the party, my doors are wide open. I am willing, able and ready to work with all in the overall interest of our party and people.”
It should be recalled that the lawmaker supported the Chief Bayo Dayo-led Ogun state PDP executive.
Kashamu had been engulfed in a supremacy battle with the Oladipupo Adebutu-led PDP faction in Ogun.
Adebutu was also a governorship aspirant in Ogun and current lawmaker representing Ikenne/Shagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the controversy between the two factions of the PDP in Ogun state took another dimension as Austin Oniyokor as well as Ladi Adebutu appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
The two factions recently insisted that their governorship candidates in the coming elections, Kashamu and Adebutu, remain the eligible governorship candidates of the party in the state.
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