Dayo Rufai, Abeokuta
The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun state, Jimi Lawal has described his suspension from the party has nothing but the weeping of a beaten and battered premature adults.
The full text of his statement, signed and made available to Gateway Times Nigeria by Austin Oniyokor, Project Director, Jimi Adebisi Lawal Campaign Organization is presented below:
Re: Purported Suspension of Jimi Lawal, Others
The purported suspension of the just elected governorship candidate of the Ogun state PDP, Otunba Jimi Adebisi Lawal (JAL) is nothing but the weeping of a beaten and battered premature adult.
It is the case of the voice of Jacob but the hand of Esau.
To be sure, it is a sad commentary on our democracy and the rule of law that some lawless individuals could gather somewhere under the remote control of one of the aspirants who has just been defeated in the court-ordered governorship rerun to claim to have suspended party stalwarts for complying with subsisting court orders and judgments.
It is the irony of our political space and system that those who are contemptuous of valid and subsisting judgments and orders of court could turn round to claim that they have suspended law-abiding citizens.
Clearly, this contemptuous act cannot stand the test of time and the law. All their contemptuous acts will be taken before the court and the full weight of the law will be visited on them in due course.
Until then, we want to appeal to all our party leaders, elders, supporters and the general public to remain firm in the face of the needless provocation. This political gymnastics will soon pass like others before it.
