Former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba has said
he was traumatised by his successors for 16 years after he left office in 2003.
Osoba was succeeded by Otunba
Gbenga, who was also succeeded in 2011 by Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
Speaking in Abeokuta on Tuesday, Osoba narrated his 16 years
post-government experience in the hands of his successors, describing it as
“traumatic.”
Osoba said he was harassed and declared persona non grata by
the successive Otunba Gbenga Daniel, under who he said he could not visit Ogun
State, let alone visiting the governor’s office in Okemosan.
He added that Amosun’s tenure from 2011 to 2019 was
problematic for him.
Osoba while speaking on Tuesday narrated his experience
during the commissioning of a press centre built in the premises of the
Governor’s Office in Okemosan, Abeokuta and named ‘Olusegun Osoba Press
Centre.’
He told the gathering of prominent journalists, top
government functionaries and politicians that the occasion made him returned to
the seat of power after about 16 years he left government.
The then All Progressives Congress leader said he was
returning to the governor’s office for the first time since he left 18 years
ago.
“When I left office, I was so harassed to the point that all
the plaques and the symbols of all the projects I did were the first to be
removed throughout the state.
“The first 16 years of my leaving this office have been
very, very traumatic. I never came back, I became a snake that doesn’t go back
to where it has turned over its skin. This premises (Governor’s office) became
no go area for me. To imagine that in my life my return to this premises will
be this glorious is something of emotion.
“The first eight years, I was virtually declared persona non
grata in Ogun state, well that is settled, those involved have come to
apologise. Niran Molaolu was the first to come and apologise.
“My name was sent to EFCC so many times. The EFCC
investigated and investigated because everything was documented in files , they
found nothing.
“I couldn’t come to Abeokuta not to talk of visiting the
office of the Governor. The other eight years, that one also became
problematic,” he said.
Osoba who expressed his joy for coming back to the Oke-Mosan
Governor’s office after 16 years of leaving office, said “Mr. Governor, you
will not know how many hours you have added to my life with this action today.
It maybe hours, it maybe weeks, days, it maybe years, but you have added
something very great to my life today.”
In his remarks, Abiodun paid glowing tributes to Osoba,
saying the centre was meant to immortalise him.
He described Osoba as distinguished nationalist, statesman,
achiever and a legendary penpusher whose brand of journalism should be emulated
by the younger generation.
The governor added that the centre would accord journalists
the opportunity to write their stories and do their jobs conveniently.
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