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Lagos PDP lawmakers beg chieftains to close ranks

Chief Tunji Shelle, PDP Chairman, Lagos State Lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) in the Lagos State House of Assembly have appealed to party leaders to close ranks ahead of the forthcoming state’s council polls. They said that if the party chieftains failed to work as a team but divided, it would rob the party of electoral fortunes in the forthcoming council polls. They made this plea on Saturday in Lagos following the State Congress held at the party’s secretariat on Friday in Ikeja by a faction of the party. According to them, the party must show its readiness for future elections rather than fanning the embers of disunity and personal interest through imposition of candidates. A lawmaker, Mr Jude Idimogu (PDP-Oshodi/Isolo II) in the House urged the party’s chieftains to close ranks and sheathe their swords to build a formidable party. “Factions will never help the party, it will create divisions but if all factions come together and have consensus candidates