I HAVE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE TO DUMP ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, AMOSUN CONFESSES

It is also recalled that Governor Amosun was alleged to unilaterally picked candidates to contest under the party platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), without the input of other notable stakeholders, a development which led to parallel primaries.

Penpushing also recalled that, at the end of the parallel primaries, the National Working Committee (NWC), assigned by the National Headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) recognized the list of the other stakeholders, against the list produced by the Amosun’s group

However, a week after the Penpushing exclusive report on the defection plan, the Governor in a statement by his Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Dayo Adeneye on Tuesday said his rumoured defection plan was a figment of imagination of the writer(s), but admitted that, “It is true that enormous pressure was brought to bear on Governor Amosun to move to another party because of the glaring injustice meted out to some party members at the recent primaries’

The Governor said he would not decamp, especially on account of President Muhammadu Buhari, ‘whose judgment and sense of justice, as the leader of the party, he cherishes and values immensely,”.

“For those who know Amosun over the years, his struggles are usually not about his own person but equity, justice and fairness for all, especially the downtrodden masses. President Buhari represents this spirit and Amosun will stand by him and with him in any party at all times and at all costs”, the statement added

Penpushing further reports that, Governor Ibikunle Amosun in the statement maintained and wondered that ‘how he (Amosun) could be expected to quit a house he jointly built with other patriots’