Ogun Gov Abiodun Announces 2027 Senate Bid, Accuses Daniel

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State announced his bid for the Ogun East Senatorial District seat in the 2027 elections during an All Progressives Congress stakeholders meeting at his private residence in Iperu Remo on Tuesday, while accusing incumbent Senator Gbenga Daniel of betraying his past political support.

Abiodun, who was endorsed as the party's consensus candidate for the seat by Ogun East APC leaders at a meeting in Ijebu-Ode about a week earlier, detailed his role in Daniel's rise. He claimed to have handed over his political structures to Daniel after losing the 2003 gubernatorial primary on the Peoples Democratic Party platform, aiding Daniel's victory as governor. Abiodun also said he facilitated Daniel's return to the APC and intervened in 2023 to convince Prince Segun Adesegun and former Senator Lekan Mustapha to step down their senate ambitions, clearing the path for Daniel's election.

"I know what I did for Governor Daniel to become a senator. This is not something that I have ever said publicly, but these are facts," Abiodun told stakeholders. He added that despite this support, "If Senator Daniel now feels that the only way he wants to repay my years of...