APC Lawmakers Kick Against Second Term Of Ogun Governor, Amosun

 

The three senators and seven House of Representatives members representing Ogun State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the National Assembly on Wednesday kicked against the recent endorsement of Governor Ibikunle Amosun for a second term by a faction of the party.
The federal lawmakers, in a joint statement, described Amosun’s endorsement  process as an “effort in futility and a charade.”


A faction of the party had on Monday endorsed Amosun’s second term bid at a stakeholders’  meeting held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta.
But the lawmakers -Senators Gbenga Obadara (Ogun Central),  Adegbenga Kaka (Ogun East) and Akin Odunsi (West) as well as House of Representatives members, Olumide Osoba, Segun Williams, Adekunle Adeyemi, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, Kehinde Odeneye, Bukola Buraimoh and Babatunde Ogunola- faulted the process of the governor’s endorsement for another term in office.
They contended that the process was null and void since the party had yet to have a membership register.
The National Assembly members also wondered when the endorsement of governorship aspirants  became the responsibility of political appointees and kitchen cabinet members of the Amosun administration.
The lawmakers therefore advised the governor to stop heating up the state with his “style of politics of exclusion and hatred.”
The statement added, “We, members of the Ogun State APC caucus in the National Assembly was embarrassed by the purported endorsement of Governor Ibikunle Amosun for 2015 by a group. The action is better described as effort in nullity and a charade.
“We,wondered under which platform the endorsement was done since the party was yet to have a membership register. We wonder if Amosun intends to run as an independent candidate.
“How can the endorsement of an aspirant, which is strictly a party issue, becomes the responsibility of Governor Amosun’s employees and kitchen cabinet members.”

Source:Newsnow.com