Ogun: Amosun not better than Daniel — Obasanjo

Posted by admin Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, State News Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday, said that the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, was not the ideal governor for Ogun State because his performance would not be different from that of Governor Gbenga Daniel.

Obasanjo and Daniel belonged to the ruling People Democratic Party in the state.

However, a sharp disagreement within the party had led to a split, with Obasanjo backing one faction, while Daniel backed the other.

The faction that Daniel backed later joined another party, Peoples Party of Nigeria, while Daniel remains in the PDP.

Obasanjo, who cast his vote at the polling unit at African Church Grammar School, was reacting to media reports that he had endorsed Amosun as governor of the state.

He said, “I said that Amosun came from the same ward 11 that I came from. I know him and I know that his performance will not be different from Daniel’s because they are friends. Birds of the same feathers flock together.

“How then could I endorse him? I am the BOT chairman of my party; PDP, and we have our own candidate. It is not in my character. The reports are not only mischievous, they are also fabricated lies.”

Obasanjo, who also described the election as fair, said the post presidential violence in the North was a sad reminder that some people were oblivious of the change going on in the country.

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