Ogun Senator defends Amosun, claiming that Abiodun rejected the APC’s conciliatory moves.

Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports

Senator Tolu Odebiyi, the current lawmaker representing Ogun West Senatorial District, defended ex-Governor Ibikunle Amosun yesterday, claiming that the incumbent Governor, Dapo Abiodun, rejected all peace efforts by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Amosun and Abiodun have been at odds in the run-up to the 2023 general elections, with the former governor recently claiming that Abiodun did not win the 2019 election that propelled him to power.

In a statement he personally signed titled “Ogun APC Crisis: Before the Lies Go Viral,” Odebiyi stated that no matter what revisionists try to claim, no one can deny the role Amosun and his group played in shaping the APC into what it is today.

Odebiyi emphasized that Amosun is not the devil that “emergency hirelings” are attempting to paint him as, and that Abiodun has done worse things than Amosun in the run-up to the 2019 election.

Efforts by party leaders to reconcile the two leaders’ differences, he claims, have been rebuffed by the state’s current governor, who accuses him of always competing with himself and illusory rivals.

“What were the fault-finders accusing Senator Amosun of in the run-up to the 2019 elections that the incumbent hasn’t done even worse?”

“Or, shall we ask, what reconciliatory move or effort has the incumbent made since taking office nearly four years ago to improve the APC’s fortunes in Ogun State?” Rather, he is constantly competing with himself and illusory rivals.

“However, when things came to a head, the national leadership intervened in Ogun and a few other states, where internal crises appeared to have peaked with threats of implosion, and devised a sharing formula to accommodate contending forces for the sake of peace.”

“How did the incumbent act?” “He rejected all of the recommendations and set the party on fire,” Odebiyi claimed.

He noted that the development had clearly forced some loyal members of the party to seek placement in other parties that could accommodate their interests.

Odebiyi went on to say that Amosun should not be blamed for the incumbent’s obvious failure, which was “compounded by his arrogant and infantile choices, a disposition evident in his underwhelming performance in the state.”

He went on to say that while Amosun worked hard to keep some of his men in the party, he couldn’t stop them from crying when the incumbent wouldn’t stop flogging them.

He stated that even when many core members considered it expedient to leave the party in the face of the incumbent’s relentless persecution, they did so for a party that would not undermine the party’s national politics and aspirations.

“This is because they had resolved that, come what may, our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, would be elected Nigeria’s president in 2023 and would work tirelessly to do so.” However, this resolution cannot be extended to Ogun State’s local politics, which directly affects them, their aspirations, and their support base.

“For the record, Senator Amosun has no further ambitions after relinquishing his presidential bid to Asiwaju Tinubu.” Furthermore, his decision to leave the Senate was personal, and he has yet to back down from it. To that end, those who concoct lies and fictitious possibilities just to keep their retainership can consider other options for survival.

“However, while not entertaining any form of distraction or dignifying helplessly inane and feeble minds, with questionable character, caused by defective upbringing, Ogun State has never been anyone’s inheritance and no one could lay claims to such, even if under influence.”

“But it is our commonwealth, and it is far too important and dear to the people of the state to be left in the hands of simpletons or plunderers of our common patrimony.”

“Let it be known, therefore, and for the record,” Odebiyi said, “that the battle to save the state is not personal, but in the collective interest and for the good of all.”