In apparent response to a threat by his predecessor, Ibikunle Amosun, to remove him, Oun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has blasted those who think the state solely belongs to their fathers.
Amosun had threatened to do everything to stop Abiodun in 2023, saying he got into office by rigging.
But at the grand finale of the Abeokuta Club 50th anniversary on Saturday, Abiodung said, “I will not be distracted by any person or persons who have a problem with self delusion, I will not be distracted by any person who do not appreciate that Ogun State is not anybody’s father’s inheritance, we are all stakeholders in this commonwealth called Ogun state.
“I am not going to join issues with anyone that wants to play God, I will leave them to God, God can deal with whoever is challenging his authority and wants to play God. All I can say is that what we stand for in Ogun State is an administration that is committed to providing purposeful leadership and purposeful infrastructural development across the length and breadth of the state,” he said.
Governor Abiodun expressed shock that he still could not believe that a former governor and an incumbent in 2019 would say he was rigged out during the election.
He queried: “How can we that are on the outside take on an incumbent and then be accused of rigging out an incumbent in the same party?
“Anyone can explain their failure whichever way they like, anyone can also begin to pant and threaten that they will do whatever”, Abiodun said, adding that he was not perturbed.
“The President Muhammadu Buhari Estate is one of the projects I inherited from my predecessor, that edifice in another maybe month or two, you will see that buildings will begin to be visible in that estate.
“I do not have a doubt that before the end of the year, their will be a minimum of about two hundred and fifty medium upper beautiful befitting structures”, he said.
