The All Progressives Congress, APC in the United Kingdom has debunked the purported report suggesting that the Chapter is backing Dapo Abiodun’s re-election as Ogun State Governor, amidst the controversy surrounding his returning to the office.
The APC UK on its official twitter page had tagged the news report as ‘fake News’ indicating that the interview granted the spokesperson of G20, Prince Dele Tinuosho and Hon. Sunday Olalekan Oyesanya, who are both members of the APC UK by the Daily Crucible was not in conformity with the stand of the Chapter.
The Nigerian Newstrack had reported that the All Progressives Congress(APC) and G20 UK have endorsed the second term ambition of governor Dapo Abiodun, saying he deserves re-election for another round of four years come 2023, following his even development of the state and inclusive governance style, according to the daily crucible.
The UK APC and G20 group, UK, also described as an exercise in futility attempts by some failed politicians to deploy smear campaign and petitions to make governor Abiodun ineligible to participate in the 2023 governorship race on the platform of APC.
It would be recalled that the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership recently received a petition written by one Ayodele Oludiran which seeks to disqualify Governor Abiodun from participating in the forthcoming governorship primaries.
The petition alleges that there are discrepancies in his Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) forms CF001 submitted in 2015 and 2019.
The April 12 petition also alleges that the governor was convicted for an offence in 1986, adding that he bears Shawn Michael Davis in addition to Dapo Abiodun.
But the governor, in a letter to the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, through his lawyers Afe Babalola & Co, urged the party to disregard a petition.
The law firm, in an April 19 letter to Adamu, described the petition as full of spurious and unfounded allegations to mislead the party into disqualifying the governor from participating in the 2023 gubernatorial poll.
However, Prince Dele Tinuosho, spokesperson for G20 UK chapter and Hon Sunday Olalekan Oyesanya - both members of APC UK, said sponsors of smear campaign and petitions seeking the disqualification of Abiodun by the APC National Working Committee (NWC) would fail just as they failed woefully to stop him in the build up to the 2019 governorship election.
The two United Kingdom based APC chieftains pledged full support of the foreign chapter for the governor ahead of the party primaries and 2023 general elections.
They urged the National body of APC to disregard the petition and petitioner while also calling on the good people of Ogun State to rally round the governor and ensure he returns in 2023 to enable him continue his further developmental agenda for the state.
The UK chapter of the APC on its verified Twitter page debunked supporting the Governor and condemning the petitioner, stating that it would only support candidates after the primaries.
“ We wish all @officialAPCNg aspirants the best of luck. APC UK will support @officialAPCNg candidates after the gubernatorial primaries. Thank you” the UK APC tweeted.
