The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has declared that he will not support the person recognised by his party’s headquarters as the Ogun APC governorship candidate.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how two separate governorship primaries were held in Ogun by different factions of the party.

While the faction loyal to Mr Amosun adopted Adekunle Akinlade as its consensus candidate, the primary committee sent by the APC headquarters in Abuja conducted a primary that produced Dapo Abiodun as the candidate.

Mr Abiodun’s name is expected to be submitted by the APC headquarters as the party’s candidate.

However, Mr Amosun in a statement by his information commissioner on Wednesday said he would not recognise or support Mr Abiodun.

Read the full statement below:

“My Position on Ogun APC Governorship”, by Amosun

The Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has followed with deep reflection and consternation, the false and embarrassing reports in some sections of the media, that he had been prevailed upon by some party leaders in the state to support the purported emergence of Dapo Abiodun as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Dayo Adeneye, in a statement, said the malicious allegations would have been ignored, but for the general interest of the public and the good people of Ogun State.

He described the allegation as nothing, but another in a series of political propaganda to tarnish the image of Governor Amosun, who stands solidly behind the duly elected consensus candidate of the APC, Adekunle Akinlade.

“Those behind the unfounded rumours are doing so to heat up the polity ahead of the 2019 general elections. They are doing it on behalf of their paymasters for cheap political motives.

It has become a routine of many political jobbers in Ogun State”, he added.
He submitted that, “There are no slaves in Ogun State as insinuated by some aggrieved politicians.

Everyone under our watch is free born and the Amosun administration will continue to defend the freedom of the masses and work for the socio-economic advancement of the state till our last day in office.”