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Amosun: 2019 Guber election was rigged, we ‘ll Stop him in 2023!
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Dapo Abiodun: Ogun State is nobody’s father’s inheritance!
Former governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and his successor, the incumbent Governor Dapo Abiodun have been engaging in fierce exchange over rigging allegations concerning the outcome of the 2019 governorship election in the Southwest state.
Amosun drew the first blood as he made a big statement, claiming the 2019 governorship election in Ogun state was rigged in favour of Abiodun.
The former governor who spoke in Abuja on Friday alleged some power brokers in the All Progressives Congress (APC) had to rig the election to defeat his candidate, Adekunle Akinlade who contested under the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) during the election.
He added that with the rigging, Abiodun only won with a margin of 19,517 votes.
In that election, Abiodun polled 241,670 votes to defeat Akinlade who had 222,153 votes.
Amosun added that he had moved on because those who orchestrated the rigging had apologised to him.
In his words, “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.
“Some of them came to apologise to me. I can be mentioning names. We won that election. But I have moved on.
“We did our work. We will continue to do what we have to do. God will be with all of us.”
Reacting to Amosun’s comments, Abiodun, has declared that he would not be distracted “by any person who has a problem with himself”, saying that Ogun State is not anybody’s fiefdom.
Abiodun who spoke during an interview with newsmen shortly after the grand finale of the 50th anniversary of the Abeokuta Club, wondered why Amosun who was an incumbent in 2019 would say he was rigged out during the election.
While noting that he would not join issues with anyone who wants to play God, the governor said he remains committed to serving the people who gave him their mandate.
In his words, “I will not be distracted by any person or persons who have a problem with self delusion. I will not be distracted by any person who does not appreciate that Ogun State is not anybody’s father’s inheritance. We are all stakeholders in this Commonwealth called Ogun state.
“I am not going to join issues with anyone that wants to play God. I will leave them to God, God can deal with whoever is challenging his authority and wants to play God. All I can say is that what we stand for in Ogun State is an administration that is committed to providing purposeful leadership and purposeful infrastructural development across the length and breadth of the state.
“How can we, who were on the outside, take on an incumbent and then be accused of rigging out an incumbent in the same party?
“Anyone can explain their failure whichever way they like, anyone can also begin to pant and threaten that they will do whatever. I am not perturbed”, Abiodun added.
