An expert in international relations and comparative politics, Dr Lateef Jinadu, has faulted a statement credited to a former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, over Governor Dapo Abiodun’s emergence.
Amosun had at an event in Abeokuta on Friday alleged that Governor Dapo Abiodun did not win the 2019 gubernatorial poll, threatening that “he would be removed”.
In a chat with newsmen, Dr Jinadu carpeted Amosun over his comment, saying the senator representing Ogun Central senatorial district had never been a democrat, going by his political style and ideology.
He added that Ogun State citizens had the worst experience during the Amosun administration in all ramifications, especially in the areas of good governance and stability, coupled with his insensitivity to labour issues.
Jinadu further flayed Amosun for questioning the freewill of people of the state who overwhelmingly voted for Abiodun and the pronouncement of the Supreme Court affirming Governor Abiodun as the duly elected governor of the state and thereby authenticating the credibility of the 2019 gubernatorial poll.
Dr Jinadu said, “The vituperation of Ibikunle Amosun in Abeokuta was the climax of his age-long anti-democratic tendencies. This latest display of crude ideology and sheer propaganda in his desperate move to come back to power in the state through the back door did not come as a surprise to many.
“It is not news that Ogun State under Amosun was a banana republic in the firm grip of a shylock and unrepentant despot until emancipation came through the 2019 gubernatorial election that produced a cool, calm and collected governor, against his docile surrogate, one Adekunle Akinlade.
“Coming now to challenge the freewill of the people of Ogun State who voted for Abiodun with utmost determination despite intimidation by the Amosun’s government, and the affirmation by the apex court on the credibility of the poll, is simply bizarre and thoughtless.”
