ACCEPT CHOICE OF DAPO ABIODUN GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDACY IN GOOD FAITH, GROUP TELLS GOVERNOR AMOSUN

Penpushing reports that, the protesters were seen with Pro- Dapo Abiodun placards, and also passed vote of confidence on the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Adams Oshiomole.

Some of their placards read: “Adams Oshiomole don’t compromise, protect our mandate’.  ‘Don’t compromise, Dapo Abiodun is our man’. ‘Don’t kill democracy, the voice of the people must be heard’ ‘Amosun beware!!!”.

However, Ayoola while speaking on behalf of the groups said they  would stand against any candidate as against the people’s decision, saying “the conscious minded Ogun State citizens have observed with keen interest ,the continued insistence of Governor Amosun to indirectly run a third term Government by imposing his solely anointed candidate”.

He added “We implore him to accept the democratic decision of the teeming members of APC in Ogun State, they’ve made a legitimate choice of Dapo Abiodun. If at this point in time, we fail to speak, history will never forgive us, neither will posterity judge us well. The above bodies make bold to stage this protest against the determined mission of the Governor of Ogun state to drag the hard earned integrity of ogun state into mud.” 

 “It is as well important to remind Governor Ibikunle Amosun on how he was favoured with the ticket of the party in 2011 against the interest of the real years back committed members of the party, that have been peddling and sacrificed a lot for the sustenance of the party before his arrival’, Ayoola emphasised. 

He stated further,’as a matter of reference, Governor Amosun clinched the ticket without any primaries in 2011. In 2018, it was a keenly contested primaries for the party Governorship ticket, conducted by the NWC of the party. “

 “It is on this note that we commend Comrade Adams Oshiomole for restoring decency, dignity and decorum to the fabric of the party. We hereby pass a vote of confidence on Comrade Adams Oshiomole, the National Chairman of APC; he has performed excellently in handling the affairs of the party beyond expectation”. 

He added “We implore him not to get discouraged by some comported persons that will be acting under forces, making condemnable words against him. We see them as hungry persons that are ready to sell their future for peanuts.”

Penpushing reports that, the group also spoke on the alleged intervention of some traditional rulers on the crisis, declaring that, ”we equally condemn the ridiculous use of our paramount rulers, they are not tools in the hands of the Government. We see this as Executive recklessness”. 

 “Finally, we call on the NWC of APC not to bow to an unpopular call be some few resourcefully opportune persons, calling for the withdrawal of the popular mandate given to Prince Dapo Abiodun. Dapo Abiodun is the choice of the masses beyond APC itself”,the protesters emphasised.