The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State chapter, has criticised Governor Babatunde Fashola for not conducting council polls.
In a statement on Sunday by the party spokesperson, Gani Taofik, the PDP said Fashola was “abetting the continuous existence of undemocratic councils in the state.”
The statement read, “The composition and existence of the councils as they presently stand is illegal, unconstitutional and an aberration of democracy as they are not recognised or accommodated in any of our governing laws.
“By Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, only democratically elected local government councils are recognised. It is thus unexpected that a lawyer-governor who claims to be a progressive and democrat can continually disregard this constitutional provision and allow illegal and unconstitutional councils since October, 2014 when the tenure of the last councils terminated.
“The PDP has consequently tasked Fashola to prove beyond doubt that he is truly a democrat by immediately ensuring that the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission releases the notice of elections for a free, fair and credible poll.”
The statement added that the decision of the APC to continue to delay the council polls vindicated the PDP’s position that the APC was not popular in the state.
“They are jittery of defeat. In a free, fair poll, we will defeat this current APC,” it said.
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