Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, said he
would stand with President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in spite of the “injustice”
meted out to his camp.
Amosun said he would not stop any of his followers from
achieving their political ambitions in any political party of choice.
However, he pleaded that he should be left out of the
negotiations as he remains focused on ensuring Tinubu wins the 2023
presidential election.
Amosun also maintained that the President remains his
friend, no matter what happens; promising to stay with him till the end of his
administration on May 29, 2023.
Recall that Amosun’s anointed candidate
in the 2019 governorship election in Ogun, Adekunle Akinlade, has resigned his
membership of the APC, citing gross injustice.
It was gathered that some other key members of the Amosun
political camp have also left the party due to the failure of the national
leadership of the party to ensure a sharing formula proposed by the party’s
reconciliation committee is adhered to in Ogun.
Represented by the faction’s APC Chairman, Derin Adebiyi at
an extended leaders’ meeting held at the Ibara residence of the former
Governor, in Abeokuta, Amosun maintained that those defecting from the party
are free to test their popularity elsewhere, saying, however, that they should
not negotiate with his name.
Sources at the meeting quoted Adebiyi as saying, “He
(Amosun) has sent us to you that he stands with Tinubu, he is loyal to APC. He
stands with President Muhammadu Buhari and by the grace of God, on May 29,
2023, he will follow him to Daura and say Alhamdulilah.
“If there is any other step to be taken, it will be a
collective decision.
“Now, he said we should tell all of you that whoever loves
him and believes in him with all his explanations, such person should stay with
him and that he is not angry with anybody.
“Whoever wants to contest in another platform is free to
contest, but should not use the name of this group or that of SIA to negotiate.
This is what Amosun is saying. This is what he has asked us to tell you.”
It was gathered that some loyalists at the meeting were not
pleased with the message as they insisted on moving into another party.
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