I’ll never collect bribe from aspirants, Lagos PDP chair

Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Mashood Salvador has tasked the party’s aspirants for all elective positions in the 2019 election to work hard to win the support of people at the grassroots.

He maintained that as the chairman of the party, he would not accept any form of inducement from any aspirant to influence the outcome of primaries.

Salvador, while addressing members and supporters of the party at its General Assembly in Lagos said the membership of the party would keep increasing and it is projected to reach over 1.3 million in no distant time.

He tasked all supporters and members of the party to aggressively mobilize more members into the party’s fold, vowing that the opposition party would win the governorship election and clear the National Assembly positions in the next elections.

At the General Assembly held at Oregun were key party stakeholders and leaders including the six House of Representatives members of the party, the only House of Assembly member, Dipo Olorunrinu, former governorship candidate of the party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, PDP Board of Trustees member, Chief (Mrs.) Aduke Maina, among others.

Also in attendance were chairmen of PDP from Oyo, Abuja and Borno States.

Salvador said rather than taking bribes from aspirants, he would provide a level playing field for the best candidates to emerge in the primaries.

“I will never receive bribe or any inducement from any aspirant. Instead I will spend my resources and time for you. I will work for you. Go and work in your communities, mobilize them to get their permanent voters’ cards and make sure they use it on election day.

“That is the only thing we can use to change the government that keeps on destroying us outside the country by saying our beautiful, handsome, hardworking youths are lazy. They will definitely be lazy to APC and they will be strong to PDP”, he said.