Popularly known a Yayi, the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications, Senator Solomon Adeola, yesterday hit back at Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State over his declaration that some governorship aspirants are not qualified to succeed him in 2019.
Adeola, who spoke at a Christmas party organised in Sango-Ota by a former state Commissioner for Community Development and Cooperatives, Chief Samuel Aiyedogbon, said only God will determine the next governor of the state.
Senator Adeola is believed to be a core loyalist to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker noted that he had been contesting and winning elections for about 20 years and was not afraid to throw his hat into the ring again in 2019.
Amosun had, at an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Abeokuta last week, declared that none of the seven aspirants, who had indicated interest to succeed him in 2019 would become governor in the state.
At the meeting, the governor also denied that he was at loggerheads with former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the erstwhile Ogun governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba But yesterday, Adeola, representing Lagos West Senatorial District, expressed surprise at Amosun’s remark and contended that nobody was capable of determining the next governor except God.
He said: “I have been contesting for about 20 years and I have been winning. If I have not been doing good things, it wouldn’t have been possible.
I am, therefore, assuring you that I will continue to do the good works for which I’m renowned.
“All that you have lost will be restored. When you go to the local governments, there is nothing there again.
All your losses will be restored when I emerge as the governor. “Some people have said certain seven people have come out and approached them, that they don’t have leadership qualities.
I have the belief that it is only God as well as the entire people of Ogun State have the right to determine who is fit to become next governor.
“That is why we have decided to come to the people for consultation and inform them that it is our desire to take Ogun State to enviable height.
By God’s grace and with the support of the people, we shall be successful. “I am resolute and determined.
Some people have been asking whether Yayi will contest or return to Lagos; I am assuring you that this one (in 2019) is a must.”
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