By Adesina Soyooye
The immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, says he will see to it that his successor, Governor Dapo Abiodun does not get a second term. He said he would soon say the way to go so that Abiodun would be a one-term Governor. Abiodun is the candidate of the Party in 2023.
The former Governor spoke on Friday in Abeokuta while receiving an award during the celebration of the 50th year anniversary of the Abeokuta Club.
Amosun made it clear that he is not in support of Governor Abiodun’s administration, and revealed that Abiodun won the election through rigging.
Both Amosun and Abiodun are of the All Progressives Congress, APC. But from Amosun’s pronouncement, he will work against the Party, at least, during the Governorship election, as he would back a candidate of another party.
Amosun had backed another candidate, Adekunle Akinlade as his successor in 2019. But Abiodun defeated Akinlade in the Primary, forcing the later to defect to the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, on which platform he contested for the Governorship seat. But, again, he was defeated by Abiodun who scored a total of 241,670 votes to Akinlade’s 222,153 votes.
But Amosun, on Friday, said that Abiodun’s victory in 2019 was a product of rigging. He said those who engineered the rigging had since apologised to him.
Amosun: “During the last election, thank God, Chief Osoba is here, I have said it, we won convincingly. They rigged, rigged, and ended up with 19,000.(the margin with which his candidate was defeated).
“Some of them came to apologize to me. I can be mentioning names. We won that election. But I have moved on.
“Just wait. Very soon, you will hear where we are going next. Clearly, you know my stand, and my stand is my stand. I am not supporting this administration that is there now. He must be be removed.”
