Senator
Ibikunle Amosun, the Ogun State Governor has declared that he does not fear
forces within the All Progressives Congress (APC) working against his interests
in the forthcoming general elections.
He said he
only fears God and President Muhammadu Buhari.He spoke when
received a letter of endorsement from the Allied People’s Movement (APM)
for President Muhammadu Buhari as its presidential candidate for the February
2019 presidential polls.
Amosun, who
took delivery of the endorsement letter from the governorship candidate of APM,
Hon. Abdulkabir Akinlade, at the APC Secretariat on Abiola Way, Abeokuta, the
state capital, for onward transfer to Buhari, also insisted the Chief Derin
Adebiyi-led excos will serve its four years term in full.
He spoke just
as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party appointed Yemi Sanusi
(Chairman); Ayo Olubori (Secretary) and Tunde Oladunjoye (Publicity Secretary)
to serve as caretaker committee of Ogun APC.
The Adams
Oshiomhole-led NWC last Wednesday dissolved the APC executives in Ogun state
and Imo State but Adebiyi has since dismissed the dissolution as an exercise in
“futility.”
Amosun said:
“You know me by now. For me, I fear God and I respect people. So, it won’t be
because we are afraid or we don’t want to talk. We don’t
fear them. All of them put together, we don’t fear anybody. We fear God and we
fear President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Where we are
now, what we should concentrate in doing is to let them know is that here in
Ogun State, this is the home of President Buhari and we must vote massively for
him.
“This is the
home of APC. We must let them know that come February 16, 2019, by the
benevolence of the Almighty Lord…
“We are
human. We are no God and that is why we are telling them that in this coming
election, in this Ogun State, it is whoever all of you (people) decide to back
that will win the election.
“So, the best
way to answer them is through our action. And what is the action? We will use
our votes to let them know who owns this Ogun state.
“So, if they
are looking for state to destroy them, they should not think of Ogun
State. We are ready for them.
“We have
decided to let them be for the sake of President Buhari. If not for the
President, we know what to do.”
He went
on: “Just ignore them. Don’t engage them for anything. Let us be focused
and redouble our efforts so that in the coming election, we are going to answer
them with our votes.
“I want to
assure you that this executive that God has used you to put together, the
executive will be there for the next four years. They will serve their term.”
