By Kamil Opeyemi
The APC Youth League, Ogun State Coordinate has called for the suspension of the forner governor Gbenga Daniel over the allegations of anti-party activities during the just concluded governorship election in the state.
The group, which has its membership cut across the 236 wards in the State, said the call had become neccesary with the level of evidences under its custody.
This was disclosed in a letter dated 31 March, 2023 and addressed to the National Chairman of the party, Adamu Abdullahi.
The letter which was signed by Fayomi Yunus
State Coordinator and
Hon. Abass Olanrewaju Ismail,
State Secretary called on the APC national leadership of the party to decide the appropriate action against Daniel as enlisted in the constitution of the party with regard to such anti-party tendencies.
According to the letter, the APC Youth league said a discreet investigation revealed that the former governor had several nocturnal meetings ahead of poll with members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, with a surreptitious plans to work against the reelection of Governor Dapo Abiodun.
“We are particularly disappointed and taken aback by the surreptitious activities of the former Governor of the State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, in the just concluded governorship election, where he vehemently worked against the interest of our party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and almost scuttle our chances of victory,” the statement read in part
“It was utterly strange, that Otunba Gbenga Daniel, could go that low, to have compromised the sanctity of party loyalty and solidarity, by forming an unholy alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party, his supposed former party to stop the reelection of Governor Dapo Abiodun.”
It further alleged that the former governor collected several millions of naira to work for the emergence of the PDP governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, against the APC and the incumbent governor, Dapo Abiodun.
“We have it on good authority through discreet investigation, how Otunba Gbenga Daniel held several nocturnal meetings with leaders of PDP and the Adebutu’s, in the build up to the governorship election, where money in hundreds of millions was given to him to work for the candidate of the PDP, Mr Ladi Adebutu, against the party that gave him ticket to represent his senatorial district at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly.”
“Otunba Gbenga Daniel, was tracked and discovered to have led the PDP machinery that worked for Ladi Adebutu in Ogun East, with attendant propaganda instruments led by Daniel’s prominent aides against our candidate, Prince Dapo Abiodun, without any rebuttal from Daniel himself.
“It is no more a news that Otunba Gbenga Daniel, consciously collapsed the remnant of his political structure for Ladi Adebutu and worked against the APC that gave him ticket and also sponsored his election.
“It is now obvious, that the original notion behind the defection of Governor Gbenga Daniel into APC in 2021 was to deceptively secure the ticket of our party having realized the PDP was no more popular in his domain and could not win any credible election, then to later serve as a mole to destroy our party to the advantage of his original party, the PDP.
“It is against this backdrop that we call on the National Leadership of our great party to demand for immediate suspension of Otunba Gbenga Daniel from our party, the APC, and strip him of every privilege of membership.”
The Youth league urged the National Leadership of the party to ask Otunba Gbenga Daniel to refund every kobo allocated to him for his election.