Saboteur Vs Betrayer: Gov Abiodun’s Camp Fights Dirty Against Gbenga Daniel

The fight between Governor Dapo Abiodun and another of his predecessors, Senator Gbenga Daniel turned full circle on Monday after the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) accused the former governor of being a serial betrayer who it claimed never supported the candidacy of President Bola Tinubu.

The party indeed mocked Senator Daniel of having been recently accused by President Tinubu of being a serial betrayer who the president allegedly urged to change his reputation.

The Ogun APC spoke after Senator Daniel alleged that Governor Abiodun still had a grouse to grind with him because, he Daniel, supported Tinubu for the presidential ticket of the APC.

GWG.ng reports that Governor Abiodun supported Professor Yemi Osinbajo during the APC presidential primaries stoking the famous dress-down of the governor by Tinubu last June during his campaign visit to the state.

Senator Daniel who governed the state between 2003 and 2011 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had last weekend alleged that Governor Abiodun was persecuting him on account of their differences on the 2023 presidential primaries.

“I think the genesis is connected to my unflinching support for Asiwaju’s presidency. A lot of people do not know and continue to make statements without understanding the genesis. At that time, my governor had a different view. At the primary, my governor had his team.”

Responding through a statement issued on Monday by the State Assistant Publicity Secretary of APC, Olusola Ogunsanya, the APC accused the senator of pushing a narrative of falsehood.

Ogunsanya noting how Tinubu was alleged to have told Daniel to stop his style of betrayal said:

“Given the general perception about the former governor and his controversial image across Nigeria, it is basically needless to grant the man of many colours the dignity of a response.

“However, considering the power and passion of the media, especially, beyond the State and for the benefit of many of our citizens in the Diaspora, we have decided to set the records straight and place Daniel where he pathetically belongs.

“It is laughable to hear Gbenga Daniel talking about his comradeship in the progressive fold and claiming that Governor Dapo Abiodun was not part of the fold between 1998 and 1999, when everyone is aware of how Daniel with his sneaky Machiavellian tactics and maneuvers surreptitiously dislodged a progressive party in the State in 2003 and became governor on the platform of PDP.

There is no record of Daniel’s role in Tinubu’s emergence as governor in Lagos State in 1999. In 2003, he contested under PDP and not AD, so what structure was he talking about? He ruled for eight years as a PDP governor before Ibikunle Amosun dislodged him and declared him persona non grata in the state, confining him to oblivion and castrating his businesses.

“Happily, President Tinubu knows more than any other person the dangerous antics of Gbenga Daniel and what he represents in the Nigerian political circles, and was alleged to have taunted him in the presence of some Senators, when he advised him to work on his reputation as a serial betrayal but a leopard will never change its spots.”
GWG.ng reports that the fight against Senator Gbenga Daniel means that Governor Abiodun is now hard in battle against two of the three former civilian governors of the state with the battle against Senator Ibikunle Amosun being a continuing sideshow for the administration.

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