Amosun’s candidate accuses ex-gov, APC of planning to rig Ogun guber election

The preferred candidate of governor Ibukunle Amosun in the Ogun state governorship race, Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement in Ogun State has alleged plans to skew him out of the poll.

While speaking on monday during his ward-to-ward campaign during a tour of Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, Akinlade said a former governor of the state and leaders within the All Progressives Congress (APC) were behind the plans.

Akinlade who refused to mention the name of the former governor said he could not come into the state for more than six years after he left office for fear of persecution until the incumbent Amosun rebuilt the state.

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He said, “The leader who stole my mandate for Dapo Abiodun could not enter Ogun State for six years before 2011.

“Amosun came in 2011 and rebuilt the state. He fought insecurity to a standstill. That was when he came back into his own house in Abeokuta.

“It is sad that an elder statesman like him could be working with some external forces to truncate the development we are currently enjoying in Ogun State.

“In 2015, he left the party for the SDP (Social Democratic Party). He wanted Amosun to fail, but God said no. He defected with two senators, six House of Representatives members and 11 House of Assembly members, yet they all lost. They will lose again.

“Now, he and his people are on a mission to turn Ogun State upside down. By the grace of God, Ogun under my watch would not allow anybody to hijack our natural resources, especially our lands. Ogun will be safe with me as the governor.

“They are fighting Amosun because he didn’t share Ogun lands for them. He didn’t allow them to siphon Ogun State’s wealth.

Akinlade assured his supporters that the APM would not allow a repeat of the rigging that occurred in the state during the APC primary election.

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