‘I won’t hand over to stranger’ – Gov Amosun rejects Ashiru

Gov. Amosun turns down Ashiru for governorship race.

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has rejected the All Progressives Candidate (APC) from Ijebu, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru, the state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, for the gubernatorial race.

Amosun made this known on Wednesday at a meeting with Ogun Yewa-Awori elders held at the Governor’s office at Oke-mosan, Abeokuta.

“I was not around when he (Ashiru) was elected, I was in Anambra then. It was an Oba who called to inform me that a member of my cabinet had been elected as the Ogun East APC candidate.

“I am a focused person. I don’t look around when I am heading somewhere. We the sons of the soil know ourselves. Ogun is a no go area for some strangers who go about looking for their father’s house.”

Amosun stated that he can support any candidate of his choice, adding that he would not handover to a stranger. He therefore, urged the elders not to entertain any fear.

“I know GNI, Mamora and some others but i don’t know some people who go about claiming to hail from our land. If I say I am handing over to a candidate from Ogun West, it does not mean I am handing over to a stranger.

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“Like I said before, I am saying it again, I am handing over to Ogun West, come 2019. This does not mean other candidates from other senatorial districts cannot contest, they can. We know how we did it that we won the election in Ogun Central.

“Therefore, put your mind at rest, no room for strangers from anywhere, I repeat,” he said.

Prof. Biyi Afonja appealed to the governor to pick its successor from Ogun West.

“I have spent over 90 percent of my life on Yewa affairs, so therefore, let the governor’s seat go to Ogun West.

“I would have been a governor if God had ordained me in 1979 but God knows why I declined then and why it stands till this date,” he said.