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Topic: Obasanjo Supports Amosun: Says I’ll Support A Candidate Based On Performance (Read 5273 times)


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday again hinted where his vote will go in the February general elections, saying it is “performance” and not “party loyalty” that will inform his choice of who to support.

Obasanjo, who has not hidden his soft spot for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ogun state and incumbent, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, in the February 28 governorship election in the state, made his position known when Igbo leaders from Lagos and Ogun States visited him at his Presidential Hilltop Estate, Abeokuta, the state capital.

The Igbo delegation led by Chief Austine Nkeze, was in the former president’s residence to identify with him and seek his direction regarding the forthcoming elections.

In his address to the delegation, Obasanjo appealed to non–indigenes in Ogun State to re-elect 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”.