Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun,
has said that though he does not know who will succeed him as governor,
he definitely knows who would not become the governor after his tenure
may have ended.
Also, in obvious reaction to an alleged
audio revelation emanating from a group believed to be loyal to a
governorship aspirant in the All progressives Congress, Amosun denied
ever speaking ill of the leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Amosun said this on Friday in Abeokuta at the APC, Ogun State members of National Assembly caucus meeting.
In the meeting which attracted state
APC executive council, Amosun recalled that Tinubu had stood by him when
he needed him, saying he would continue to defer to him.
In the allegedly audio recording of a
meeting held early in the week, the governor was said to have disparaged
Tinubu and allegedly hinted at how he (Tinubu) would be disgraced
before 2019.
In his defence, Amosun said, “What
happened was that we wanted to have a parliamentary caucus. And we said
we would be having it quarterly; but we discovered that our
commissioners were not there and the elders of the party too must be
there.
“It wasn’t our normal meeting; it was
just the parliamentary caucus meeting. If there are cowards or traitors
somewhere trying to record or do any other thing, those people can not
do anything.
“But let me say this — and I have been
saying it all the time — that we might not be able to say clearly now
who becomes the next governor; but we know those who will not be
governor.
“I know that at the appropriate time,
we would get our people together and we would say, ‘this is your
son/daughter;’ and we would pick and whosoever we pick is going to
become governor.
“By the way, I say it all the time that
Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) stood by me when I needed him. I have ways of
reaching Asiwaju, although he did not give me any money, but, my dad
will say that a helper must not be disappointed.”
He however, challenged those who he called ‘traitors and cowards’ to come out with the video of the meeting.
Amosun also said that he might not know
yet who would succeed him come May 29, 2019, but he certainly knew
those who won’t be governor in the state that year.
He said, “But let me say this and I
have been saying it all the time, that we might not be able to say
clearly now who becomes the next governor but we know those who will not
be governor.”
He also disclosed that seven unnamed
governorship aspirants in the party had approached, but he had told them
that there was no governor among them.
“Those who are jumping around are just wasting their money,” Amosun boasted.
I don’t know the next governor, but I know who won’t succeed me –Amosun
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Friday, December 23, 2016
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