The Senator representing Ogun Central, Ibikunle Amosun, says with the exception of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, no politician dead or alive has served the state more than him since 1999.
His comment is believed to be a direct swipe at former Governors Olusegun Osoba (1999-2003), Gbenga Daniel (2003 – 2011) and Dapo Abiodun who is in the saddle.
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Amosun, who was governor of the state between 2011 and 2019, had clashed with the trio at different times following their political differences.
He is currently at loggerheads with Abiodun over the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC’s) structure in the state.
Speaking on Thursday while addressing APC stalwarts at the Ake palace ground in Abeokuta, Amosun boasted that he had paid his dues in the service of the state as two term governor, who equally would be completing his eighth year at the Senate by next year.
The gathering was a welcome rally organised for Amosun after the recently concluded presidential primary of the party.
Amosun had stepped down from the race at the convention ground in Abuja, to support former Lagos Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who eventually won the primary.
He told his teeming supporters that he remains a leader of APC in the state despite the internal crisis, tearing the party apart.
Amosun said, “In this Ogun State, since 1999, I am on camera, except for Baba Olusegun Obasanjo, I am not talking of pre-1999, no human being, dead or alive has served Ogun State the way I have served. I have done 8 years as your governor, by next year it will be my 8th year in the Senate. Just between 1999 and now, I have served Ogun State with 15 years of my lifetime.
“Let anybody that have done that come out, I am not talking of our referred fathers. I accept that there are so many giants that came before me.
“We stood on their shoulders and we are still standing on their shoulders, but the truth must be told and we must say it. Since 1999, Ibikunle Amosun has paid his dues in Ogun State and I still paying it. Put your mind at rest, we are APC, APC is ours.”
He called on his supporters to extend their support to Tinubu in next year’s election, saying he would return Nigeria to “good old days.”
