- Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has shelved his planned defection from the APC
- Amosun allegedly threatened to decamp from the party over his preferred governorship candidate's 'loss' at the primaries
- The governor has been supporting the emergence of an oil magnate Dapo Abiodun as the party’s governorship candidate in the state
There are strong indication that Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has been prevailed upon by some party leaders in the state to shelve his planned defection from All Progressives Congress (APC) to another party.
Amosun has been supporting the emergence of an oil magnate Dapo Abiodun as the party’s governorship candidate in the state.
A report by Vanguard have it that the governor was prevailed upon by the party leaders to shelve the planned defection to because of the party’s governorship candidate in the state.
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It was learnt that Amosun shelved the planned defection due to the alleged refusal of his loyalists to join him in dumping the party.
The director-general of the Governor Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organisation during the 2015 elections and chairman of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Chief Bode Mustapha urged aggrieved party to join hands with the party’s flag bearer so as to win the governorship election in 2019.
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Mustapha said: “Today, I must thank God for the lives of all of us who believe in Prince Dapo Abiodun because I must tell you that I never believed that our liberation could come this early.
”If I was told that it is Prince Dapo Abiodun, who will bravely lead the movement for our liberation in Ogun state, I wouldn’t have believed.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state allegedly threatened to defect from the APC if the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party fails to uphold the candidacy of his preferred governorship candidate, Abdul-Kabir Adekunle Akinlade.
The governor reportedly issued this threat during a meeting with some party leaders and his loyalists across the 20 local government areas of the state held at his private residence located inside Ibara GRA, Abeokuta.
A source who was present at the meeting, claimed the governor, who briefed his loyalists on the outcome of his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the national leadership of APC, did not mention the name of any party he considers defecting to.
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Source: Naija.ng
