An aspirant for the All Progressives Congress ticket for Osun West Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, has stated that those who released a viral video of him discussing what transpired at the presidential villa intended to create a wedge between him and some party leaders.
Ogunbiyi, who expressed his commitment to the party, said those planning to put him against President Bola Tinubu and party leaders had failed.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that a video of Ogunbiyi, in which he made some statements considered denigrating to APC and some leaders of the party went viral on social media last week.
In the video, Ogunbiyi, who was addressing some party leaders, purportedly claimed that President Bola Tinubu preferred Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke to join the APC.
He however , said the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, opposed the idea.
But in a statement made available to journalists in Osogbo, Osun State on Tuesday, the ex-governorship aspirant in the state, expressed concerns why his political opponents would want to use an innocently made speech to cause friction between him and leaders of the party.
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He also said the video of the speech was deliberately manipulated and shared on the social media, noting that his relationship with President Bola Tinubu, Oyetola and the APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, remains very cordial.
“I understand the concern of some of the genuine members and supporters of our dear party who initially felt aggrieved with the portion of the event but outrightly shifted their position after they had listened to the full recorded video of the event.
“Further investigation revealed that the sponsors of the campaign of the calumny against my person took to their mischievous route in order to create a wedge between me and one of the hardest-working presidents in the world, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; the immediate-past governor of our state, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola now Minister of Marine and Blue Economy and the governor-in-waiting, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji.
“The demonic act of my political foes against my person which has fallen flat as it lacks substance would not prevent me from investing my best in all known constitutional ramifications to the re-election bid of President Tinubu and the forthcoming governorship election of my dear brother, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji,” Ogunbiyi said.
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