Senator Solomon Adeola (APC, Ogun West) has advised political name droppers, especially some aspirants, not to drive a wedge between Governor Dapo Abiodun and himself through dropping of his name in some quarters ostensibly to curry advantageous position regarding the forthcoming competitive local government elections in the state.
Adeola described this latest antics of some persons as a renewed sinister plot to unjustifiably and falsely pitch him against the leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State in the person of governor Dapo Abiodun.
The Aremo of Yewaland who made this known on Tuesday, September 10, through his media aide, Chief Kayode Odunaro, also noted that on the issue of 2027 governorship ticket, the governor had neither stated any preference for any aspirants nor had the senator also declared any intention for the position.
While restating his unalloyed loyalty to Prince Abiodun as his Governor and leader, he declared that those plotting or imagining battles and rifts between the two, using all manner of gimmicks would fail once more in the days ahead as was the case pre-2023 elections.
He said, “For the avoidance of doubt, Senator Adeola restates his unadulterated commitment and loyalty to the leadership of Prince Abiodun in Ogun State APC and his administration of the state, a commitment that dates back to pre-2023 election when some of the conspirators of today were fiercely opposed to the governor’s leadership in the state and did all in their power to cause a rift between the governor and the senator.
“On the issue of upcoming Local Government election that is now being speculatively used to drive a wedge between the governor and the senator, it is on record that the Senator have not made any statement or taken any position contrary to that of the governor or the stipulations of the party. Indeed, since the commencement of the process, the senator has been away from the shores of Nigeria on vacation and upon return will support the candidates of the party to a resounding victory in the poll.
“Expectedly, some aspirants in the upcoming LG elections under APC will drop names and attempt to leverage on the influence and popularity of the governor and senator for their personal advantages in the race they know APC is poised to win. Clearly such positionings while acceptable in a competitive internal party contest, is not the making of the governor or the senator and should not be speculatively used to signpost ‘battle’ or ‘rift’ between the governor and senator on party matter.
“On the issue of the governorship ticket in 2027 in APC, which the purveyors of speculations believes is driving the imagined battle, there is no record of the governor stating any preference for any aspirants and equally the senator has not declared any intention for the position. The senator’s focus at this time is to effectively deliver on his mandate for the people of Ogun West in compliment to the governor’s outstanding delivery for the APC administration in the state.
“Again, we assure all those plotting or imagining battles and rifts, using all manner of gimmicks, between the governor and the senator, of failure in the days ahead as they failed pre-2023 elections.”
