The Ogun State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Rt. Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo has declared his support for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state, Prince Dapo Abiodun, saying he remain loyal to the party’s principles which is superior to any personal interest.
Oladipo made this known while fielding questions from Journalists in Abeokuta, noted that many were wondering about his political stand and why he remain silence in the ongoing political imbroglio in the state saying that he remain resilience with the APC which is the ruling party in that in the state, noted that he never thought of decamping to Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM).
He said “Truly there has been many gossiping here and there based on where I belong, most especially when I am silent about the ongoing political machinations in the state. But I must confess to you that I Basorun Muyiwa Oladipo, I am in support of APC progressive principles which is similar to the Action Group (AG), founded by our late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, that was later transformed to Alliance for Democracy (AD), and now APC by the collective agreement of all progressive political leaders and elders in Nigeria.
“There was a time I showed my interest in contesting for Governorship position of this state, but God said it is not yet time. Let me be frank with you, I am in ruling party, APC and I am in support of Prince Dapo Abiodun the governorship candidate of APC in Ogun State who I am very sure by the grace of God will emerge as the Amosun’s successor”.
Oladipo pointed out the reasons for him in remaining in APC and why supporting the party’s candidate Prince Dapo Abiodun for the March Governorship election in the country, saying that the supremacy of the party needed to be putting in consideration while playing politics, there are some principles guiding everybody in the party.
“I am in APC because my boss Senator Ibikunle Amosun who appointed me as Commissioner still remain and committed to APC progressive ideology. The Governor has his reasons for standing with Buhari in APC and that is why all of us cannot sleep and put our heads in the same direction, and we all have our conscience to follow. The Governor asked some of his party followers to decamp to the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) to actualize their political dreams and ambitions, while some did not complied but remain in APC just as the Governor Amosun himself standing in APC”, Oladipo said
He noted that the Governor Ibikunle Amosun was in support of Hon. Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade from opposition party, APM. That doesn’t means that every other cabinet members of the Amosun should follow his footstep, but one need to be steadfast and committed to the party’s principle that made him as Amosun’s cabinet members.
He said “This life is like a talking drum, what faces someone may back another. There is something my boss, Governor Amosun saw in supporting Hon. Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade which is personal, so the sky is very wide enough to accommodate variant birds to fly without conflict of interest, many Commissioners have resigned their appointment but I have not resigned because the party that appointed me as commissioner is still the ruling APC. The governor never said he is going to APM, so I have no reason leaving the party when our leader in the state is still in support of APC.”
The Commissioner restated his commitment to the party’s principle at all time but noted that he was ready to leave the party if the governor also leave the party for APM, noting that he was not into any anti-party activities but in line with the Amosun’s principle of APC which he said that it can be justified by his Boss in the state.
” You see, there is no any consequences for my action, especially for not supporting the governor adopted candidate triple A which l know, but l am not in any way into anti party activities, I am in line with the governor’s principles of remaining in APC, so if I am sacked for being a loyal APC member, then I think I will be justified, but I know my boss cannot do that because everybody is entitled to his own opinion.”
He advice the people of the state go and collect their PVCs, which he said was an instrument to choose the candidate of their choice that is going to lead them for the next four years, while he enjoined the youths in the state not to be used as political thugs for any political gain but be very wise in working for the success of general election in 2019.
