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Quadri Yahya
Kayode Odunaro, former Chief Press Secretary to former governor of Ogun State , Segun Osoba, advised that Ogun West agenda be put on hold till 2027.
Odunaro described the attempt by anyone from Ogun West aspiring to replace the current governor ,Dapo Abiodun who is seeking a second term in 2023 as miscalculation.
The former CPS to two military administrators in the state , said this while featuring on SPLASH 106 .7 fm weekly radio programme, tagged ” THE CHAT”, declaring that the agenda may scale through if the current governor is not interested in his re election .
He said, “Some people are leaving while some people are coming in.
“You can imagine a sitting governor who may have one or two things to show at his first four years.
“Some people will want to be part of that. Some people are leaving for political reason because basically those people leaving leave for political reason.”
While explaining his stance , Odunaro said while it is not wrong for Ogun West to run for governorship, the Ogun West should get their calculation right because it is a democratic game.
He said “I am in APC for instance and I am from Ogun West. I have already said that the governor is entitled by law to second term until he declines.
“Anyone coming from Ogun West at this time, yes, it is their right to contest. But in politics, you’ll have to do your calculations very well.
“If the sitting governor manages the situation very well, it is a balancing game. In democracy, the majority will always have their way but, the governor doesn’t need 100 per cent to be governor.”
He stated that leaving party is never the way out, adding that the power rotation discourse will later surface in 2027.
He said “The issue of ceding is not the burden but the issue of morality. At this point, by the time you are getting to 2027, the issue will come up again.
“This is now a starting point not a second term for a sitting governor. And at that starting point, the issue of Ogun West not being in that position since the creation of the state will come up and everybody will sit at the table to look at it.”
Odunaro said “at the point (2027), all the regions will have equal chances.
“We will now be seeing it as same minded Ogun state citizens who are not greedy either from Central or from Ogun East.
“Let’s be fair that is what Ogun state is noted for, fighting for justice at the national level. But at the local level, the Ogun West people are complaining that they are rightly doing so.They might be right that there is injustice against them. Yes, it is politics. Because if people don’t vote for you, they don’t.
“Ogun West has been contesting but like I said, 2023 they are going to contest. Are they the sitting governor who is entitled to eight years or second term. That is not good calculation but by 2027, I am going to tell you Ogun West agenda will be on board again. Let’s see how it will go and I believe by that time, that may be the right date for the Ogun West people to be the governor of Ogun state”.
