Ogun 2023: Intrigues as APC, PDP governorship aspirants battle for tickets

Political parties this week started their primaries for the nomination of candidates for the 2023 General Election, but there is tension in the two major parties in Ogun State, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party , over the processes.

Mr Sowunmi recently approached the Court of Appeal after the state high court in Abeokuta struck out his suit seeking the dissolution of the state working committee of the PDP ahead of the party’s governorship primaries slated for Thursday, May 26. However, the PDP National Working Committee has yet to interfere in the matter as of the time of this report.

The challengers are a former ace broadcaster, Modele Sarafa-Yusuf; Mr Amosun’s anointed candidate in 2019, Adekunle Akinlade; as well as Owodunni Opayemi and Biyi Otegbeye. The group, which called itself the Coalition of Ogun state Students and Youths , alleged that Mr Abiodun had been arrested and jailed in the United State of America over fraud-related cases.

But in a swift response, Mr Amosun, through his media aide, Bola Adeyemi, challenged the governor to go to court if he has evidence that he was behind the allegations, stressing, however, that he had no hand in the petition.Our correspondent reliably gathered that Governor Abiodun has been making frantic efforts to save himself from disqualification, especially as the party threatened to disqualify aspirants with criminal records and those having issues with their certificates.

Adding to the anxiety is the politics relating to the presidential race in the party. Mr Abiodun, who is believed to have secured the APC governorship ticket in 2019 with the help of the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, has declared his support for the presidential bid of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who is from Ogun, over that of Mr Tinubu.The four challenges of the governor have jointly sent a petition to the national secretariat of the party, calling for direct primaries.

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