Ogun APC Crisis: Face Your Duty - Ex-lawmaker Balogun Tells Amosun

Abudu Balogun has blamed Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, over the crisis rocking the state chapter of All Progressives Congress.

Balogun represented Ijebu north/Ijebu east/Ogun waterside federal constituency at the Green Chamber between 2011 and 2015, on the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria which later merged with other parties to form the APC made this known in an interview with Daily Sun.

Balogun said: ''Well, crisis is a very large word to use. I will say that there is a disagreement within the party. In politics we disagree to agree. What led to this disagreement? For me, I will not blame any other person than my governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and what he did is also universal with most governors presently serving in the country.

''Until we are able to take the hands of the governors off party administration in the country, we will continue to have these problems.

''I think it is an aberration that the governors are called the leaders of the party in their states. I believe that governors, just like other office holders, should face their duties, rather than getting involved in party administration.

''Party administration, should be left with the party administrators as it was done in the days of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

''The disagreement was caused by the high-handedness of some of our governors, particularly my own governor. A lot of people are looking at it from the last primaries, but I will take it from the congresses.''

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the governor of Ogun, Ibikunle Amosun, denied the rumour that he planned to defect the ruling APC to another party due to the recent alleged shoddy primary election held in the state. He said the report was the figment of imagination of the writers.

A statement from commissioner for information and strategy in the state, Otunba Dayo Adeneye, saying Amosun wondered how he could be expected to quit a house he jointly built with other patriots.