By The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has denied issuing any statement in response to the comments of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
It would be recalled that Tinubu, a presidential hopeful, was in the state on Thursday to meet APC delegates. In his address largely delivered in Yoruba, the APC chieftain had taken a swipe at Abiodun saying the latter would not have emerged as Ogun State governor without his support.
In what may be considered a response to Tinubu’s comments, Abiodun, in a statement published on social media pages on Friday, said he is not an emperor and that the office he holds isn’t his family inheritance.
“I am not an emperor by any chance and this is not my family inheritance,” he wrote.
“I am holding this position in trust for all the people of this state and I have vowed to be fair, just and equitable and this is the solemn agreement I made between the Almighty God and myself.”
However, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Ogun, Abdulwaheed Odusile, in a statement on Friday night, stated the governor never replied the APC leader.
Odusile said, “For the avoidance of doubt, the tweet released this morning was an extract to re-emphasize the comments of Governor Abiodun to party faithfuls and appointees on May 29 during the celebration of his third year in office, which also coincided with his 62nd birthday.
“The comments could, therefore, not have been a response to comments by Asiwaju Tinubu whose visits to Abeokuta came five days later.”
He added that while the governor appreciates the media, including online platforms, as partners in progress with government, he enjoins media practitioners to always report the truth at all times and refrain from giving vent to fake news, distortions and misinterpretations.
