Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun
state, says he was under “enormous pressure” to defect from the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) over the outcome of the primary elections in the
state.
Amosun was among the APC
governors who locked horns with the national working committee (NWC) of the
ruling party over the primaries for 2019 polls.
Abiodun Akinlade, the governor’s
preferred choice as successor, did not make the list of candidates that the NWC
certified for 2019.
This had irked Amosun who backed
a parallel primary organised by the state chapter of the party but the NWC
insisted on the choice of Dapo Abiodun as governorship candidate of the state
for 2019.
The governor held several
meetings with President Muhammadu Buhari but that did not change the situation.
There were reports that Amosun
finalised his plans to defect to Accord Party after falling out with the
leadership of APC.
But the governor described the
report as a figment of the writer(s) imagination.
In a statement issued on his
behalf by Dayo Adeneye, by the state commissioner for information, Amosun
wondered how he could be expected to quit a house he jointly built with other
patriots.
“It is true that enormous
pressure was brought to bear on Governor Amosun to move to another party,
because of the glaring injustice meted out to some party mes at the recent
primaries, but the governor maintained his stand that he would not decamp,
especially on account of President Muhammadu Buhari, whose judgment and sense
of justice, as the leader of the party, he cherishes and values immensely,” the
statement read.
“For those who know Amosun over
the years, his struggles are usually not about his own person but equity,
justice and fairness for all, especially the downtrodden masses. President
Buhari represents this spirit and Amosun will stand by him and with him in any
party at all times and at all costs.”
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