Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel has said that he had foreknowledge of the booing that greeted his presence at the official flag off of president Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidential campaign rally in Abeokuta.
Daniel, who is the South West Peoples Democratic Party Coordinator of the Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign, was booed by the supporters of the PDP at the rally at the MKO Stadium in Abeokuta on Saturday.
But Daniel in his reaction to the matter on Sunday, said the perpetrators of the act were sponsored from neighbouring states.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Adegbenro Adebanjo, Daniel said, “On Saturday during President Jonathan’s campaign tour of Ogun State, a section of the crowd acting on the prompting of those who hired them made uncomplimentary remarks when the name of Governor Daniel was called by officials during proceedings at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we want to put it on record that there was nothing spontaneous about the disrespectful act to the person and office of the Governor of Ogun State.
“It was a premeditated act by the sponsors of the ignoble act who having failed to get Daniel not to attend the event decided to embarrass him at the venue.
“They had hired some undesirable elements mainly from outside the state and briefed them to heckle the governor during the event.”
The statement added, “It is not that we were not aware of the plot.
“Indeed various scenarios were considered prior to the visit of the President to Ogun State. Some of the governor’s advisers had counselled that supporters of the governor should be mobilised to the venue to counter the plot which had already been uncovered by security agents.”
But the statement added that the governor overruled this suggestion because of security considerations.
According to the statement, “the situation could degenerate to a face-off between both sides which would have seriously embarrassed the President and mar the visit. And the plotters would have gone to town accusing the governor of violence.”
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