Barely 24 hours to the governorship election, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Ogun State has disowned its governorship candidate, Wale Okunniyi.
The party, in a press statement signed by its secretary, Bola Adeogun alleged that Mr Okunniyi did not follow constitutional procedure in parading himself as the party's governorship candidate.
"Wale Okunniyi has been parading himself as the candidate of our party in the state without adequate ratification by the appropriate authorities," Mr Adeogun said.
Declaring the candidate a persona-non-grata, the CPC said, "we also warn that Wale Okunniyi should desist henceforth from parading himself as the governorship candidate of our party in the state and should stop fielding requests and briefs on the Internet or any of its networks, including Facebook, in the name of the party in the state with immediate effect."
The party said if he refuses to heed its advice, "we stand the chance of taking appropriate actions in the interest of our party."
But Mr Okunniyi blamed the party's decision on fifth columnists whom he said are in the business of duping and ripping off candidates and unsuspecting members of the party
"Our campaign group wishes to state authoritatively that this cartel is coordinated by one Doyin Ogunbiyi who was dropped from the administration of Gbenga Daniel in 2007', he said, alleging that part of the plot is to trade away his mandate to another party in a N10m deal.
"Dele Sobaloju, who postures as secretary of CPC in Ogun State and two others, parading themselves as officials of the party are now in a desperate plot to trade off the governorship ticket of CPC to another party," Mr Okunniyi said.
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