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  • N7bn Loan: Abiodun not prepared to govern Ogun – APM

    The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Ogun State on Tuesday expressed worry over Governor Dapo Abiodun’s claims to borrowing N7bn to pay May salaries of workers and described it as “gross irresponsibility.”

    APM further described Abiodun’s claims as a sign of one who is unprepared to govern the Gateway State, also lamenting that the Governor is making jest of the electorates who voted him into office.

    The Governor had in an interactive session with APC stalwarts in Abeokuta on Monday claimed he borrowed over N7billion through his “friends” who are bank managing directors to pay May salary of Ogun workers.

    But the APM in a statement by its Acting Publicity Secretary, Olumide Balogun, wondered how such huge sum money could be borrowed by a Governor without the approval of the Ogun State House of Assembly.

    The statement reads in full: “The Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) Ogun State has described Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s claim that he borrowed N7b to pay May salary as the height of unpreparedness and gross irresponsibility on the part of a man who was declared winner of an election as far back as March 10th, 2019.

    “We are very sure by now, the good people of Ogun are beginning to understand the true meaning of democracy and what good governance entails. This is because the newly formed government of Dapo Abiodun is doing nothing other than making jest of them; distorting their reasonings and presenting government businesses as a help to the electorates which in real term means services.

    “Latest in his jokes is the statement credited to the governor during an interactive session with APC stalwarts in Abeokuta on Tuesday, where he claimed to have borrowed over N7billion through his “friends” who are bank MDs to pay May salary of Ogun workers.

    “We must note that he took oath of office in May 29th, 2019 and information had it that his predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun had already prepared the cash for payment before handing – over to him on May 28th, 2019.

    “It is a surprise that a governor who had barely spent 3 days (as at May 31st when the payment was made) in office had borrowed such huge amount to pay salaries alone. We therefore considered it crucial to seek clarifications from the governor on the following questions:

    1. Can a State governor unilaterally obtain a loan of N7billion from any bank(s)?. Most especially when there is no state executive council in place?
    2. Would such borrowing not require the Approval of the OGHA?
    3. Is such a transaction in line with the Financial Regulations? Or was the transaction made based on personal relationship or onbehalf of the state government? At least, he is already the governor of the state.”

    “In effect, this statement is a concoction of lies and clear evidence of lack of preparedness for governance by Dapo Abiodun.

    “Indeed, enquiries suggest that the State received over N5billion from the FAAC for May, which should be more than enough to cover staff salaries including what Senator Amosun left in the state treasury for the new government. What happened to all these monies within 48 hours?

    “We must not forget quickly that Dapo Abiodun resumed office with a brand new 2019 G-wagon worth of N127million as his official car and changed the entire governor’s fleet. This must have cost him hundreds of millions of naira of tax payers money.

    “This is a man who is speculated to have spent billions of naira to procure his way to Oke – Mosan and no doubt, will seek any way possible to quickly settle his debts especially when APM and LP are challenging his victory at the election petition tribunal and court of appeal respectively.

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    “Well, most people who know Dapo Abiodun before his miraculous emergence in the state are not surprised about this development and his extravagant lifestyles. However, we will implore him to stop making jokes of Ogun and short – changing the masses.

    “May God help us in Ogun State because if the governor can borrow N7billion to pay May salary alone, only God knows how much he would have borrowed in the next 3months (till APM Victory at the Tribunal) for such purposes, whereas, he is yet to hit the ground running; projects wise.

    “The essence of 2 months between date of emergence and swearing-in is to enable the governor prepare for the business of government. It is elementary for a responsible government to know that salaries will be due on the 31st of May. To claim surprise that the salary “crept” up on him is most irresponsible.

    “We hope this phantom “N7billion loan” claim is not Anticipatory Looting!

  • You are vainglorious dreamer, APC replies APM

    The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the rejection of results of the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in the state by the Allied People’s Movement (APM).

    APC advised APM, its governorship candidate and principal to approach the court of law if they have issues with the results, warning that if they failed to heed the advice, it might be tempted to drag the complaining parties for manifest malpractices and vote buying allegedly perpetrated by them.

    In a statement by the Publicity Secretary of APC Caretaker Committee in the state, Com. Tunde Oladunjoye, he described APM, the gubernatorial candidate and his principal as “sore losers.”

    Oladunjoye wondered how a party that was hurriedly birthed in January 2019 expects to win an expect it to win the governorship election two months later, dismissing them as “vainglorious dreamers.”

    He stated: “I think it was Shakespeare that wrote that ‘Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.’

    “Akinlade and his principal are sore losers. What they attempted negates historical antecedents in politics.

    “They are vainglorious dreamers. Or how can you form a party in January 2019 and expect to win the governorship election in a state like Ogun by March 2019?

    “We urged them to go to court, because even if they don’t, we shall, on our own, go to court for manifest malpractices which they perpetrated during the election. In Ewekoro, it was outright vote buying.

    “In Obafemi Owode, One of their candidates was arrested for voters inducement, in Ado Odo Ota, a top serving officer of the state government was arrested with already thumb-printed ballot papers.”

  • EFCC arrests Ogun APM candidate over vote buying

    Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arrested a candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) for the Abeokuta South State Constituency 1, Mr. Sotayo Johnson, for allegedly luring voters with money during the governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Ogun state.

    Sotayo was alleged to have been going about the constituency while voting was still on-going, to buy votes before the operatives of the EFCC caught up with him and arrested him in Ward 7, Ijaye area of Abeokuta, with a polythene bag laden with one thousand naira notes.

    Witnesses alleged that the House of Assembly candidate stormed the ward with cash to induce voters to cast their votes for APM. The suspect was subsequently whisked away by the operatives to an undisclosed destination for questioning.

  • EFCC arrests Ogun APM Assembly candidate over alleged vote- buying

    Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  arrested a candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) for the Abeokuta South State Constituency 1, Mr. Sotayo Johnson, for allegedly luring voters to cast their ballots for party during the governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Ogun state.
    Sotayo was  said to have been going about while election was going on, allegedly to buy votes but the Operatives of the EFCC caught and arrested him  in Ward 7, Ijaye area of Abeokuta with a polythene bag laden with one thousand naira notes.
    Witnesses alleged that the House of Assembly candidate,  stormed the ward with cash to induce voters to cast their votes for APM.
    The suspect was subsequently  whisked away by the Operatives to an undisclosed destination for questioning.

  • 2019: Amosun, APM chairman present letter of adoption to Buhari

    Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun and the National Chairman of Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Alhaji Yusuf Dantalle, on Monday presented a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari adopting him as the presidential candidate of the party for the 2019 presidential election.

    Amosun, who is the senatorial candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been having running battles with the party’s national Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole over who succeeds him in 2019.

    Speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with Buhari, Amosun, flanked by the APM national Chairman said: “You will recall that just last week we made public that APM has adopted President Buhari as their presidential candidate.

    “I had promised to bring the letter they had given me to present to him and that is what we came to do today.

    “And you know Mr. President is a very gracious human being, he is a man with a good heart.

    “He said if a party has adopted him, it is only fair he acknowledges the party and the chairman. That is why we are here.

    “I have said that anybody that is for President Muhammadu Buhari is for me, we will embrace such party, such persons, such organization wholeheartedly and that is what I am doing and that is what we are doing in Ogun State.

    “Clearly Mr. President will have a massive vote in Ogun State in the coming election.”

    But he declined to comment on his status in the APC and threats by the national chairman of the party to expel him for anti-party activity.

    “I don’t want to comment on that. We came for this, let’s restrict ourselves to this. I want my president to win, what else do you want? We must win, that is it.”

    Dantalle said the adoption was just a formal thing.

    He said: “Personally I believe in him and reason being that I love my country and I don’t have any other country apart from Nigeria.

    “And Buhari is the only man with the sincerity of intent to take Nigeria to the next level.

    “This is not the Nigeria I was born into but I see that Nigeria coming back only though Buhari.”

     

  • APM candidates launch smear campaign against Oshiomhole

    The Allied People’s Movement (APM) and its candidates in Ogun State have, allegedly, launched a blistering billboard – based smear campaign against the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, to boost their electoral fortunes in the forthcoming general elections.

    The APM candidates accused Oshiomhole of perpetrating “monumental electoral fraud” during APC primaries in Ogun state.

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    The Nation sighted the  billboard on Monday morning and observed that it bears the image of the APM governorship candidate in Ogun State, Hon. Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade, on the left hand side and that of Hon. Tunde Wasiu Sanusi, State House of Assembly candidate for Obafemi -Owode state Constituency, on the right hand side.

    It stands erected at a vantage strategic location by the ever busy Siun junction corridor of the Abeokuta – Kobape – Sagamu road, where no eyes could miss noticing it.

    The party and the candidates, therefore, pleaded with the electorate to “please vote massively for APM to claim our (their) mandate.”

  • I’ll ensure Akinlade succeeds me, Amosun vows

    Governor Ibikunle Amosun on Monday declared that his anointed man, Hon. Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade, of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) has all his “blessings to pursue the mandate freely given to him” by the people of Ogun State.

    Amosun also vowed to give Akinlade all he has to ensure he succeeds him in 2019.

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    The Governor who made the declaration in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while addressing hundreds of loyalists and supporters, said he will work for the success of President Muhammadu Buhari at the polls as well as that of Akinlade.

    He appealed to his loyalists to cast their votes only for Buhari and Akinlade during the elections, saying he would not hide behind one finger concerning where he stands.

    Earlier, 26 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Governor Ibikunle Amosun announced their movement from the party to the Allied People’s Movement (APM), citing impunity within APC as reason for their defection.

    The defectors said they contested for the State House of Assembly primary conducted in the state last October 7 and declared winner the following day by the APC Committee responsible for the task but was shocked that their names were not listed as candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).