Political Position Is Not Family’s Inheritance – Dapo Abiodun Says After Tinubu Claimed He Made Him Governor

Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun, says holding political positions is not a family inheritance.

This is coming a day after former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, sought the support of the governor to emerge as the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress.

Tinubu, while addressing members of the party in Abeokuta, said he made Abiodun Ogun state governor.

There was a crisis in the APC before the 2019 elections over the refusal of Ibikunle Amosun, who was completing his second term as governor of Ogun at the time, to support Abiodun as his successor.

Amosun, who had supported another aspirant, was later suspended by the party.

Speaking on the circumstances surrounding the issue at the time, Tinubu said he did much to ensure the success of Abiodun at the polls.

“That one (referring to Abiodun) that is sitting down here, could he have become governor without me? We were all in the stadium where they tore all the posters. Even the candidacy of the party, they didn’t want to give it to him,” the APC chieftain said in Yoruba.

“It’s been over 25 years that I have been serving them. This one sitting at my back, Dapo, could he have become a governor if not for me?

“If he wants to hear, his life will be long. If he wants to meet God in his position, he would admit that he wouldn’t have become governor if not for God and m.”

Dapo Abiodun on Friday shared a tweet on his official handle about him not being an emperor.

He said, “I am not an emperor by any chance and this is not my family inheritance.

“I am holding this position in trust for all the people of this state and I have vowed to be fair, just and equitable and this is the solemn agreement I made between the Almighty God and myself.”

I am not an emperor by any chance and this is not my family inheritance.

I am holding this position in trust for all the people of this state and I have vowed to be fair, just and equitable and this is the solemn agreement I made between the Almighty God and myself. pic.twitter.com/QnC5hltZHU

— Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun – MFR (@dabiodunMFR) June 3, 2022