Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday endorsed the reelection ambition of the governor of Ogun state, Ibikunle Amosun.
He said that even though he is a member of the PDP, he is more interested in performance than party loyalty.
Obasanjo told Igbo leaders from Lagos and Ogun states who visited him at his Presidential Hilltop Estate that Amosun should be re-elected on February 28 because of the great work he is doing.
The Igbo delegation led by Chief Austine Nkeze was in Obasanjo’s home to identify with him and seek his direction regarding the elections.
Obasanjo asked non-indigenes in Ogun to vote Amosun so that the infrastructural, urban renewal projects being executed by the governor could be sustained.
Obasanjo said: “In 2011, we were not together, though we were together before and I did campaign against him. But, see what he has been able to do in the last three and half years in the state, I cannot sacrifice performance for party.”
“I never dream of having a bridge on dry land in Ogun state in my life time. Yes, we have Ogun River, where there is a bridge, but on a dry land, go to Ijebu, Sagamu, Ota, what am I seeing, bridges, not even one, two, three.
“So, my people, I am not talking about other elections. I have come to tell you that in order to appreciate what this personality has been able to do in the last three and half years, let us give him our votes.
“If you do me this honour and things change, come and meet me and I will be responsible. But, because I know his personality, he will not. What happened in 2011 is politics, and we can all see the difference between politics and personality.”
Obasanjo endorses APC governor Ibikunle Amosun for second term
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