Former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has refuted report flying around that he told aspirants in the race for the Ogun Central Senatorial ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to step down for him.
The erstwhile governor described the report as a misrepresentation of the proceedings of the meeting which was held at the residence of Akinrogun Osoba.
Amosun’s account of the meeting was contained in a press statement made available to Theliberationnews on Sunday evening.
The statement reads: “My attention has been drawn to media reports about a meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun Central Senatorial District held last Thursday, April 23, 2026, at the residence of Chief Olusegun Osoba on the nomination of candidates for the 2027 general election.
“Many of the accounts of the meeting were complete misrepresentation of the proceedings.
“The meeting was convened at my instance, when there were insinuations about my candidature for the election.
“At the meeting, I recalled that three senatorial aspirants from the district had visited me to seek my support for their candidacy and that each of them volunteered that if I am interested in contesting for the office, they would withdraw their candidacy.
“Nowhere throughout the meeting did I request anyone to withdraw from the race for me because that would be undemocratic and unacceptable.
“I wish to reiterate that I am not only a democrat, I have contested and won election twice to the office of Governor of Ogun State and twice as a Senator of the Federal Republic.
“What I said at the meeting, which I reiterate is that I would not be part of a primary election whose result ispredetermined.
“I advise the media to report proceedings of meetings correctly by cross-checking accounts given by interested parties.”
