The Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has dismissed the rumour that he was planning to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for another party because his preferred governorship candidate lost out in the struggle for party ticket.
The governor who described the report as a figment of imagination of the writer(s) admitted that he was under pressure to dump the ruling party but rebuffed the pleas for the sake of President Muhammadu Buhari .
In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Otunba Dayo Adeneye, the governor wondered how he could be expected to quit a house he jointly built with other patriots.
“It is true that enormous pressure was brought to bear on Governor Amosun to move to another party, because of the glaring injustice meted out to some party members at the recent primaries. But the governor maintained his stand that he would not decamp, especially on account of President Muhammadu Buhari, whose judgment and sense of justice, as the leader of the party, he cherishes and values immensely,” the statement said.
Adeneye added: “For those who know Amosun over the years, his struggles are usually not about his own person but equity, justice and fairness for all, especially the downtrodden masses. President Buhari represents this spirit and Amosun will stand by him and with him in any party at all times and at all costs.”
