My only offence for being castigated is development of Abeokuta, Amosun speaks as Ogun Governor rules out Senate President’s ambition

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, on Thursday, ruled out Senate president’s ambition if elected as senator representing Ogun Central in the ninth legislature.

*Says no sane governor will neglect state capital

*Adds: ‘I have never neglected other areas

“What we’ve done is that when we do three things in Abeokuta, we do two or one in other places and we are running round day and night to get this done. I am not the first governor in Ogun State but I appreciate what they’ve done but if anybody castigate me? No governor worth his salt will abandon Abeokuta. Our struggle is that of liberation, nobody can come and enslave us in Ogun State and that is why we must be ready and liberate ourselves with our PVC.”

Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has dismissed his castigators over development of Abeokuta, saying any sane governor would never neglect the capital of a state that had not seen the kind of development his administration gave to it since its creation over 40 years ago.

He spoke just as he also denied eyeing the senate presidency if he is elected in the February national assembly election to representing Ogun Central in the Senate.

Governor Amosun, on Thursday ruling out Senate president’s ambition, submitted that with the position of Vice President currently occupied by Professor Yemi Osinbajo, an indigene of Ogun State, it was not feasible for the APC to concede Senate Presidency to the South West.

The governor spoke when he kicked off his ward-to-ward campaign in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the Ogun Central Senatorial District in the Ogun State.

He said that he was being castigated by unnamed leaders in the state because of the development of Abeokuta, the state capital over other districts in the State.

While speaking at Owoowo ward 9, the same ward from where he contested the senatorial seat in 2003, Amosun said it is, however, uncharitable for anyone to accuse him of developing Abeokuta over other areas.

He said: “Why am I being castigated? Abeokuta was made the state capital over 40 years ago and the only offence I have committed is to have developed Abeokuta, but I tell you, no sane governor will neglect Abeokuta, else that governor will see the result.

“I have never neglected other areas. We have one of the best flyovers and roads of our administration in Sagamu, there are two flyovers in Ijebu Ode with good roads and the same things are done in Ijebu Igbo and Yewa.

“What we’ve done is that when we do three things in Abeokuta, we do two or one in other places and we are running round day and night to get this done. I am not the first governor in Ogun State but I appreciate what they’ve done but if anybody castigate me? No governor worth his salt will abandon Abeokuta.

“Our struggle is that of liberation, nobody can come and enslave us in Ogun State and that is why we must be ready and liberate ourselves with our PVC.”

Amosun submitted that with the position of Vice President currently occupied by Professor Yemi Osinbajo, an indigene of Ogun State, it was not feasible for the APC to concede Senate Presidency to the South West.

The governor spoke Thursday, when he kicked off his ward-to-ward campaign in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state.