Former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun has said he is supporting the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate, Biyi Otegbeye, come the 2023 general elections.
The latest decision of Amosun, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), invariably means Otegbeye is his new political godson unleashed against Governor Dapo Abiodun.
It was gathered that Amosun backed Otegbeye’s gubernatorial ambition after Adekunle Akinlade (another of his APC godson) fell out with him and, having lost to Abiodun in the 2019 and 2023 primary elections.
While Akinlade secure the deputy governorship slot on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Otegbeye has the full backing of Amosun.
In an exclusive interview with BBC Yoruba, the former Ogun governor said: “I don’t hide behind one finger to fight. That’s why people say to me ‘don’t say that.’ On governorship, my supporters and I, we don’t belong to that side.
“Biyi Otegbeye is the person I am supporting and ADC is the party.”
However, for the presidential election, Amusun said he will vote for APC’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In the interview Amosun was quoted to have said: “For the presidential poll, I can assure you, both right, left and centre, we are supporting one person (Tinubu). I believe we are supporting one person. On the governorship poll, that’s a different ball game. I don’t belong there.”
