Gov. Abiodun Peddling Rumour of my Defection to APC – Ogun Guber Candidate
POLITICS DIGEST- The governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC) for 2023 election in Ogun, Barrister Biyi Otegbeye has reacted to defection of a member of his extended family, Leke Otegbeye and some members of the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the state.
Otegbeye, while fielding questions from newsmen at his residence on Sunday, dismissed claims that he and his supporters are also planning to dump ADC for PDP as reported by some media organisation.
He emphatically stated that he is committed to the mandate given to him as the gubernatorial flag-bearer of ADC in the forthcoming elections.
He said such news are being peddled by the state governor.
In his reaction, Barrister Biyi Otegbeye said, “Nothing can be farther from the truth because it is a lie from the hellish pit of Dapo Abiodun! It is public knowledge that I resigned from the APC immediately after the party’s primaries and joined the ADC; where I emerged the gubernatorial candidate of the party. Even though there is currently an attempt to subvert that mandate using the judicial process, we are confident that our appeal will be successful and our candidacy will be fully restored in no distant time”.
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According to him, “It is unfortunate that the handlers of Governor Abiodun, sensing their impending failure, have resorted to this cheap and infantile strategy to misinform the public. I see it as nothing but desperation at its peak. What they cannot achieve through the courts, they want to do so through falsehoods and deceit”.
Continuing, “Any sportsman who has prepared adequately will fear no opposition. The current administration does not want to compete because they have no meritorious ground to ask for the people’s mandate for a second time”
He expressed his happiness with the recent development where the court affirmed the candidates of the PDP, a development which makes the March 11th 2023, a three-way contest.
“Sadly Governor Abiodun prefers an uncontested election hence his heavy deployment of Ogun State resources towards attacking and meddling in the affairs of ADC and PDP”.
Otegbeye, fondly called BOT, further said it was impossible for him to join the APC as doing so will amount to a political suicide.
“I have no reason or motivation to do so. To do so will mean betraying my party and ignoring the cries of civil servants, pensioners, artisans, women, youths, students, religious bodies, traditional organisations across the state and Diaspora indigenes; who are suffering untold hardship under the current administration and have vowed never to return the current administration to power”.
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