Just In! Gov. Abiodun Pushes Back On Tinubu’s ‘I Made You..’ Outburst

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Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state has responded to the jab thrown at him by a presidential hopeful and former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Abiodun said that he is holding his position in trust for the people of Ogun State.

Tinubu, while speaking at a meeting with delegates of the APC in Abeokuta on Thursday, had said without his support, Abiodun would not have become governor.

“That one (referring to Abiodun) that is sitting down here, could he have become governor without me? We were all in the stadium where they tore all the posters. Even the candidacy of the party, they didn’t want to give it to him,” the APC chieftain said in Yoruba.

“It’s been over 25 years that I have been serving them. This one sitting at my back, Dapo, could he have become a governor if not for me.”

Responding to Tinubu’s statement, Abiodun, who took to his official Twitter handle said he is not an emperor and the position he holds is not a family inheritance.

The governor said he is holding the position through the support of his Ogun people, adding that he will not abandon the promise he made to the people of the state and he will continue to be fair and just in his dealings.

He tweeted, “I am not an emperor by any chance and this is not my family inheritance.

“I am holding this position in trust for all the people of this state and I have vowed to be fair, just and equitable and this is the solemn agreement I made between the Almighty God and myself.”

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