Otegbeye said, “Everywhere you go, you are going to see the footprints of Senator Ibikunle Amosun when he was the governor of the state.”
By Jeffrey Agbo
Biyi Otegbeye, governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ogun, has said that he has the backing of ex-governor Ibikunle Amosun to defeat the incumbent, Dapo Abiodun.
Otegbeye stated this on Tuesday in Abeokuta after a court reinstated him as the ADC governorship candidate.
Amosun, now a Senator on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had openly declared his support for Otegbeye and the ADC, insisting that Abiodun must not be re-elected. Amosun and Abiodun have been having a long-running battle for supremacy.
Otegbeye, condemning the alleged endorsement of Abiodun by traditional rulers in the state, said that Amosun’s endorsement of his candidacy overrides the “procured endorsements” by Abiodun.
He said, “In truth, blood they say is thicker than water; there is no father that will disown his son.
“I have seen the traditional institutions being bullied and so when he went around on the jamboree, getting the endorsements, we congratulated him.
“But let’s see whether the endorsements he has been gathering will count. INEC will not count it, BVAS will not count it.
“Let compare all those endorsements and put it side by side with Amosun’s endorsement where he pointedly said he is supporting Biyi Otegbeye and ADC.
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“Amosun is a man of tremendous goodwill, this present administration is doing everything within its power to erase some of his (Amosun) accomplishments.
“But that is not possible, because everywhere you go, you are going to see the footprints of Senator Ibikunle Amosun when he was the governor of the state.”
The Yewa-born lawyer admitted that the court processes had distracted the party and also cost them a lot of money.
He, however, pledged that if elected, his administration would fix and repair all the “broken systems” in the state.