The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance and senator-elect for Ogun West senatorial district, Senator Olamilekan Adeola Yayi, has debunked fake news spreading on social media that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is against the re-election of Prince Dapo Abiodun as governor of Ogun State, insisting that the President-elect is fully and solidly behind Prince Abiodun and all candidates of the APC for the now-postponed governorship and House of Assembly election.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ engagement campaign for Governor Abiodun at Ijamido Hall, in Ota, Ogun West, shortly after his arrival from Abuja for the collection of his Certificate of Return,
the senator-elect said, “I arrived from Abuja and came straight to this meeting to present to you my Certificate of Return, for my overwhelming victory through your votes and Almighty God. It is an unprecedented victory with winning votes that doubled that of the last election in 2019 and the feat of legitimately moving from Lagos West to my home base, Ogun West. I am grateful for your support and enthusiasm for me to represent you. I will not take your support for granted.”
The chairman of Senate Committee on Finance however stated that the victory for him and the President-elect Asiwaju Tinubu in Ogun State is not complete until the re-election of Prince Abiodun as governor and all members of the state House of Assembly on the platform of the APC, stressing that a fake news being spread on social media about Tinubu being against Prince Abiodun’s re-election in favour of another party’s candidate from Ogun West is the machination of desperate politicians, who already foresaw their crushing defeat at the governorship and House of Assembly election.
He enthused, “Let me assure you that our party, the APC and the President-elect, Asiwjau Tinubu, are fully committed to ensuring that all the party’s governorship and Assembly candidates are returned elected without exception.
“The President-elect is not known for despicable anti-party activities that are associated with one Ogun APC member who is now the campaign manager and sponsor of ADC governorship candidate in Ogun State.”
He said that Ogun State stand to reap the full benefits of dividends of democracy with the re-election of Governor Abiodun and all APC House of Assembly members under a Tinubu Presidency and Ogun senators-elect and House of Representatives members-elect, whi are all 100 per cent APC, adding that this is not the time for political gamble on personal interest and ego for a fringe political party without a President, a governor, a senator or House of Representative member at the moment.
Senator Adeola, who stated that he has started implementing the campaign promises he made with the distribution of 27 transformers to communities in Ogun West and other programmes, added that voting APC from top to bottom in the future governorship and House of Assembly election as was done in the presidential and National Assembly election is the best thing for the collective development of Ogun State.
The meeting, tagged: “Dapo Lekansi: Yayi Engagement for Dapo Abiodun,” had over 4000 stakeholders from Ogun West, comprising market men and women and associations, NATA members, Baales (traditional rulers/community leaders), members of CDAs and CDCs, artisan groups, Christian and Muslim clerics and youth organizations.
