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I’m not an emperor, Abiodun reacts to Tinubu’s claim on his emergence

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has reacted to the claim by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, that he would not have become governor without the latter’s support.

Tinubu had said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Thursday while addressing APC delegates in the state ahead of the party’s primaries.

“Dapo that’s sitting down here, could he have become Governor without me? We were at the stadium, they tore all his posters. Even the party flag, they didn’t want to hand over it to him, I was the one who brought it.

“If he wants to meet God at the right place, he must know that without God and me, he would not have become governor,” Tinubu, a presidential aspirant, had said.

However, Governor Abiodun, in what appears a veiled response to the APC chieftain’s claim, said he was not an emperor, adding that the governorship of the state was not his inheritance.

READ ALSO: Tinubu: Buhari wouldn’t have emerged president without me

The governor said this via his verified Twitter handle on Friday.

Abiodun stated that he was only holding public office in trust for all the people of Ogun State.

“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,” Governor Abiodun stated.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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