Gov. Abiodun
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that he was advised not to support former governor and current senator representing Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, for the Senate during the 2023 general election because of fears that the former governor might later oppose him politically.
The governor made the revelation while receiving members of Daniel’s political family and loyalists of the late Senator Buruji Kashamu into the mainstream of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abeokuta.
In a statement issued on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, Abiodun described the return of the political groups as an important development that would strengthen the APC ahead of the 2027 elections.
Reflecting on the political events of 2023, the governor said he was cautioned against supporting Daniel’s emergence as the APC senatorial candidate because of concerns that the former governor could eventually turn against him.
