The former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje has denied defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Agbaje was earlier reported to have joined APC to support the party’s Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
The report has been trending on Facebook and the instant messaging platform, WhatsApp, quoting him to have said he was dumping the opposition party to work for Tinubu.
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He has however rubbished the reports during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, monitored by our reporter.
“I think it is one of the downsides of social media where mischief makers can just throw up anything and it is out there. There is no truth whatsoever in it, I remain in the PDP. So this is smoke without fire,” he said.
“I woke up this morning to read the news just like anybody. Normally they say there is no smoke without fire, but I think this is a case of where there is smoke, there is no fire because there is no fire in the first place.”
Agbaje has been the PDP candidate for the 2015 and 2019 governorship elections in Lagos.
The 65-year-old pharmacist-turned politician also contested the party’s governorship primary election.
He however lost to 45-year-old Olajide Adediran who clinched the PDP ticket.
Meanwhile, Adediran has announced Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele-Bello, as his running mate for the coming 2023 election.
He made the announcement on Tuesday, July 12 while featuring on Arise TV.