Amosun’s Destruction Of APC In Abeokuta: What Really Happened

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The crisis that erupted in APC Ogun State on Friday 10th, 2014 was a time bomb only waiting to explode, it all started on Monday 6th, 2014 when Amosun sent out invitation to the members of the State Harmo

Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Executive Governor of Ogun State
Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Executive Governor of Ogun State

nizing Committee that the Committee would seat Thursday 9th, 2014 to inaugurate the 5 man State Interim Committee that will manage the affairs of the Party, supervise the registration of members, the congress and the convention in accordance to the directives from the National. The five-man State Interim Committe (SIC) are to be drawn from the 39 members of the State Harmonising Committee (SHC) The APC National in his wisdom said Amosun should nominate the Chairman of the SIC while Chief Osoba should nominate the Secretary and the 3 remaining offices should be nominated for through votes. Since Monday the horse trading had started with each side trying to out smart each other.

Amosun who believed he had 18 members out of the 39 went on spending spree trying to buy more members believing money and power will do it, forgetting that most of the members he thought are in his side are Osoba’s. By Tuesday he had camped all his believed SHC members/supporters in Continental Suites those he didn’t so much trust like Samuel Durojaye, Olu Adebanjo, Olabiyi Durojaye and Poju Adeyemi.

He gave them N5m each while he gave Alhaji Elias, Alhaja Ashiata, Alhaji Awofeso, Mrs Lola Akanni and former ACN State Youth Leader Abimbola Abiodun N2.5m each but most of these people got the money switched off their phones and went to Osoba home in Lagos. When most of them failed to report at their hotel rooms in Abeokuta and couldn’t be reached through phones the Governor became worried.

On Tuesday 7th, 2014 evening Amosun called Otunba Niyi Adebayo the South West Coordinator of APC and told him he wants to drop one of his nominees Chief Doja Adewolu and replace him with Tunji Egbetokun, a name that was totally not on the list before.

To this, Adebayo objected and said the list has already been ratified by the National interim Committee and can’t be changed. Amosun’s plan was to make Egbetokun the Chairman of the SIC and to this Osoba and others disagreed. As at Wednesday Night, 23 members of the SHC were sighted at Osoba’s Burdillon Home, Amosun who had earlier chose Gateway Hall beside Presidential Lodge as the venue of the meeting later in the evening on Wednesday 8th, 2014 went to Tinubu and said his plans has fallen like pack of cards and would want the inauguration to be postponed.

Tinubu called Akande and Osoba to his house but they failed to show up, then Amosun sent text messages that the inauguration has been postponed indefinitely but the members refused saying only him can’t hold them to ransom.

So yesterday, over 400 APC members of Mata’gbamole stock from Ewekoro and Ifo were in APC Secretariat at Leme Abeokuta on solidarity rally for their leaders but Amosun unleashed his thugs Jango, Americo and others against them beating, machetting and maiming them. Even the Area Commander of police was there helplessly. Senator Kaka and other members with Chief Osoba came to the Secretariat amidst tight security to see the damages done to the Secretariat, the neighbourhood.

Osoba said, “If I’m still alive Amosun won’t get a return ticket in this Party”. Kaka who was elected as the Secretary of SIC addressed press at lwe lrohin House.

The question is “what is the problem with Amosun? How many battles does he want to fight? Just two days ago he dissolved Local Government Legislative arm of lmeko Afon LG because the legislators suspended their chairman for embezzlement.

Now he is planning to dissolve that of Abeokuta South, Obafemi Owode, Odeda and ljebu Ode because he said some Chairmen and Councilors there belong to Matagbamole.

Like Senator Kaka rightfully asked “how many people can he crush?”

Time will tell.

 

Written by OGUN PEOPLE’S FORUM

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