OGUN GUBER:YAYI SPEAKS TO CRITICS

The senator representing Lagos West in the red chamber, Olamilekan Adeola, has said all the democratically elected governors who had served in Ogun State all have connections with Lagos, including the current one, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.

Adeola, popularly called Yayi, who is one of the governorship aspirants in Ogun State in the 2019 elections, thus rejected the “tekobo” (stranger from Lagos) label placed on him over his ambition by his critics.

His critics had labeled him a ‘stranger’ coming from Lagos into Ogun politics.

meetings with stakeholders on his ambition.

He specifically pointed out that former governors of the state, right from the first civilian governor, late Chief Olabisi Onabanjo, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Amosun, had all made headways economically in Lagos before their emergence.

He said, “Your Royal Highness, they have been shouting that I am coming from Lagos. Is there anybody who has governed Ogun State without any root in Lagos?

“The point is this, the amount you require for governorship race can’t be found in Ogun, you can only make such in Lagos.

“Our Baba, Chief Aremo Osoba, he was MD of DailyTimes in Ikeja, Lagos. Baba Olabisi Onabanjo came from Tincan in Apapa, Lagos. Otunba Gbenga Daniel has his office in Maryland, Lagos as well. The present governor, he has his, Amosun and Company in Palmgrove, Lagos.

“Why is it now that it comes to Yewa/Awori’s turn that they are shouting Tekobo (stranger from Lagos?

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