GOVERNOR ELECT OF OGUN STATE, PRINCE DAPO ABIODUN IN A TESTIMONY RECOUNTS THE MOUNTAIN HE HAD TO OVERCOME TO BECOME THE GOVERNOR ELECT

Prince Dapo Abiodun

25 YEARS RELATIONSHIP/FRIENDSHIP COUNTED FOR NOTHING OVER AMBITION.

The gentleman Governor Elect of Ogun state, recounts what 25 years of friendship meant to the outgoing Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. He also recounts how because of his ambition he was sent on a fool's errand, by the outgoing Governor.

Read his testimony at a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in London below. This testimony was written verbatim by Mr. Tolani Abati, aka the Prof.

AMOSUN AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND YET......DAPO ABIODUN


Mr Dapo Abiodun, the governor elect of Ogun State gave the testimony of his sojourn in the mine field and sharks invested waters of politics at the Redeemed Christians Church of God, London parish recently which has been trending on YouTube for some days now.

Here is the abridged version of the testimony as transcribed.

"Someone say alleluia . I sneaked into the church this morning, I was sitting at the back because I didn't want to cause any sensation.

I spent the last one year in the campaign train, talking and sharing my vision with the people of Ogun State and largely Nigerians.

I came into London just to have a me time. Pastor Agu has been my friend for many years. He decided that I should come and sit in front. Pastor Badejo is someone who is close to my family and I. As he preaches and shares the testimony, he began to prick my conscience. And as the service progressed, it was all about testimonies and I thought that, God will not forgive me if I didn't come forward to share a bit of my testimony and my holy God moment.

My name is Dapo Abiodun. I am the governor elect of Ogun State. I am a member of of Redeemed Christian Church of God London (applause). I stand here to the testimony of the wholesomeness of the almighty God and the fact that God is greater than man.
God will be God and man will continue to be man. Because if it were man, I will not be the governor elect of Ogun State today.

I will share a few things with you and I will be very brief. I have been in the private sector but I have always had the passion for politics.

In 1997, I made my first showing in politics. I ran for senate and I became senator elect. I was the youngest ever elected in Nigeria. I was so young there was controversy that I was probably too young to be sworn in. Because, the age limit then was 40 and I was quite not 40.

Fortunately or unfortunately the Head of State then died and that republic came to an end.
I tried again in 2015. I was persuaded to run for the senate . I didn't quite win. I was rigged out. I went to court and I won at the tribunal . It went on to appeal and it was overturned. I was so unhappy that I thought to myself, this should be it . I am done with politics. God is telling me something. I must just face my business. That politicians are not trustworthy. They are not reliable. That politics is just a waste of resources and money and all that.

In 2017, I had an unfortunate incident. I lost my first son. Life couldn't have dealt me a worse blow. For over six months I could not function. I could not go to work. I became completely restless.

In 2018, someone came to me and said would I consider going back to politics? I said never. Time after time I will be talked to . Then it was suggested that I should go for senate. Senate? I said I was not interested. I have done it twice , I am not  interested. God definitely doesn't want me to be a senator.
As time goes on, someone asked me if I would consider being a governor. I said that I will consider. But I will first go to God and hear what God has to say about it.
To cut a long story short , I became convinced that God indeed wanted me to be governor of Ogun State. I could not explain it. I sat down with the incumbent Governor (Amosun). I had a chat with him. Of course he said no, never. I will offer you the senate. I said I don't want the senate.

Eventually our pastor prof, that is the vice president intervened and said may be you should consider the senate. I said okay, alright, I will do it. Only to find out that the incumbent governor (Amosun) that indeed offered me senate, did not actually mean it. He was actually just leading me on. And when it became clearer, I went back to Pastor prof and I said, Pastor prof, God is telling me something. I am going to be the next governor of Ogun state.

Church, like Pastor Agu said, it was probably the most turbulent, the most bumping, the most challenged and the most difficult of all the elections in Nigeria.
From my primary process, the incumbent governor did everything humanly possible to stop me. This is considering the fact that, the incumbent governor has been a friend of mine for over 25years.

He did everything humanly possible to stop me. But at every point in time, I serve a living God (applause). The God that I serve is a God that makes impossible possible.
He is a God that makes a way even where there appears to be no way.
People have asked me what keeps me going ? What drives me ? And I said to them, first I am a testimony of God mercy. Pastor Agu knew when I had an accident and I had to be flown here (London) against all odds. My faith in God is a mountain moving faith.

My favourite passage in the  Bible is Mark 11 chapter 23. (He quotes)...................

ALARM RAISED IN OGUN STATE BY INCOMING GOVERNMENT OVER PLAN TO SABOTAGE HER BY OUTGOING GOVERNMENT OF IBIKUNLE AMOSUN

Senator Ibikunle Amosun 

It seems like what couldn't be achieved via the ballot/election at the last Ogun State Gubernatorial Election 2019 is what the outgoing Governor and his administration wants to make happen at all cost now with only a few weeks to their handover.

Against what he wants, Senator Elect and outgoing Governor of Ogun State, in the person of Senator Ibikunle Amosun would be handing over to his sworn enemy, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who gallantly defeated his anointed candidate, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade at that  election to become the Governor Elect of Ogun State against all odds.

So now that the Governor is done with that dastardly project at which he failed, which was to prevent Prince Dapo Abiodun at all cost from becoming the next Governor, the best & only option now left is to sabotage the incoming government as much as possible, even before that government would take over from the outgoing administration. So with the many clandestine activities of the outgoing which the APC in Ogun State is not finding funny at all, the spokesperson for the party in the state has raised the alarm to warn all those involved as per the repercussions that awaits those involved in all the rush-rush acts.

Hear him-

Friday, April 5, 2019.

11th HOUR TRANSACTIONS; CAVEAT EMPTOR (BUYERS BEWARE)!*

It has come to our notice that the outgoing administration of His Excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, is busy with last minute awards of contracts, selling and auctioning of government properties, and secret  recruitments into the civil service, in a way to tie the hands of the incoming Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun.

While we find these reported last-minutes awards of contracts, withdrawals from treasury, sales of land and illegal recruitment of Senator Amosun’s cronies into senior positions of the Ogun State Civil Service very shocking, our party wishes to warn the members of the general public that such hurried transactions would not necessarily be binding on the incoming administration.

We urge Ogun State’s top senior civil servants not to be part of the desperate moves of the departing Governor to undermine the socio-economic stability of our State, by engaging in, condoning or being part of any act that breaches or constitute a flagrant abuse of laid-down rules, regulations and due process.

It is our belief, that an administration with less than two months to handover, should, by now, be preparing its handover notes for a smooth transition, instead of digging pits for the incoming government. May we also reiterate here that all loans, overdraft and financial obligations, that do not follow due process, including the approval of the Ogun State House of Assembly, would not be honoured.
To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

_E-signed_
*TUNDE OLADUNJOYE*
*Publicity Secretary*
*_Ogun APC Caretaker Committee_*

IN SALUTE OF THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS DEEP POCKET OF SIR KESSINGTON ADEBUTU, THE BILLIONAIRE LOTTO KING

Sir Kessington Adebutu 

DONATED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS TO BOTH BOS & DAPO ABIODUN'S CAMPAIGN.

If what we have heard is truly anything to go by, then the King of Lotto in Nigeria, known to most as Baba Ijebu, Sir Kessington Adebutu is surely one generous man whose type might be hard to find again in this our clime. That the man is probably a billionaire is not in doubt, what the people might not really know about is how deep, a deep pocket the great man of Ijebu extraction is.

According to the gist, the super liquid man, who must have contributed a cast amount of money, which couldn't have been less than N500 million towards the failed Gubernatorial ambition of his son, Hon. Ladi Adebutu in Ogun State didn't just keep the largesse in house, but also embraced the ambition of both Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu and that of Prince Dapo Abiodun.

According to the unconfirmed gist, Sir Kessington Adebutu, who is said to have spent between N200m to N300m to host his daughter-Temitope's superlative wedding a while ago, contributed not less than N600M, towards the ambitions of the new Governor-Elects. If that staggering amount is not massive, then we don't know nothing then. The truth is, what is N600 Million not including how much he must have contributed towards his own blood son's ambition, to a man who once confessed to have lost over 1 billion Naira in a single game in one day!

The renowned octogenarian, he would be 84 come October of 2019 as he was born in October of 1935 is probably one of the most generous Nigerians alive. He is the "king of Lotto" business having been at it now for several decades, it is in fact the business that made him colossally wealthy. He rose from a very humble beginning from his homestead in Iperu-Remo, in Ikenne LGA of Ogun State. He attended Wesley School in Iperu, before coming to Lagos to attend the famous Baptist Academy, Lagos, he went back to Ogun State, Sagamu to be more precise to finish his Secondary School education. After that he began work as a Sales Person and rose to become a Sales Manager, from then he began to think of what to do for himself after stumbling on a book where he read that having a business of his one was the way forward. But without capital, the future looked uncertain but grace worked for him and from that beginning to where he is today.

To really understand how well to do Sir Adebutu is, then you look at how wealthy some of his kids l, likes of Segun Adebutu is. Years back to celebrate his birthday then, the young moneybag flew his family and friends in good number, all expenses paid, nothing spared to have a colossal party and time. That party was a talk of the time at that time.

We hear that all Papa's kids no matter how already made they are, still collect a very generous monthly allowance from their very loving dad. What a way to go. The gentleman of means dotes so much on all his kids and wouldn't allow them make a misstep that could be costly, evidence of that was shown in how he became a guardian angel for Ladi Adebutu who had gambled on the wrong side during the Ogun State Gubernatorial Election 2019, who when he had failed to dislodge Buruji Kashamu to get his party's flag to contest, decided to disrupt the apple cart any way he could, when he placed all his bets on Senator Ibikunle Amosun's candidate, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, who later lost the election to the now Governor Elect, Prince Adedapo Abiodun, the multimillionaire owner & CEO of Heyden Oil. It was Sir Kessington Adebutu, that engineered the peace move between his son, Ladi and Prince Abiodun, making the 2 men to bury the hatchet or whatever they had between them.

BABAJIDE SANWOOLU AND DAPO ABIODUN ABROAD AS WE SPEAK! ARE THEY HOLDING A QUICK STRATEGY SESSION AWAY FROM THE PLENTY NOISE OR IS IT TO JUST HAVE A QUICK MUCH NEEDED REST?

Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu 

Prince Dapo Abiodun 

In the aftermath of their electoral victories at the Gubernatorial election 2019, that was attended by a very grueling, quite energy sapping campaign schedule, the 2 Governor elects of both Lagos and Ogun State might have gone abroad very quickly to have a quick rest and maybe, maybe a bit of time to themselves away from the cacophony and demand that has surrounded them since.

From the little we could gather, it has not been easy since both men were declared winners of their respective elections. If they used to get a thousand calls and messages per day before, those calls and messages have since increased explosively to another level since after their victories and one can understand that most of the calls were subtle ways of positioning and jostling for those who wants to be involved in the incoming administration of the 2 gentlemen. So just like they say, "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"  so also too, "all work and no play leaves jack a dull boy".

While we know for a fact that the incoming Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu is right now in London, that is as at last night Saturday, March 23, 2019, we also know for a fact that Prince Dapo Abiodun, the winner of the Gubernatorial election in Ogun State was in Dubai, the UAE a couple of days ago, but should also have landed in London already by yesterday too, if not earlier.

Then there is also "the speculation" too that the National Leader of the APC, in the person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu might also be in London too or might do a whistle stop in the queen's land too and this might be an opportunity for a few hours of strategy session with these men, to plan on loads of things that would or could mold the administration of the 2 states-Lagos & Ogun in the next 4 years.

These 2 men, are expected to hit the ground running, as so much, in fact loads much is expected from these 2 formidable men, who like we have already said before that all things being equal, should be the poster boys of the APC for the next 4 years. From our available Intel, we hear that the deluge of requests that have come the way of these 2 men since after their victories have been wondrously stupendous! All of a sudden now, everyone is a friend, a family member, a supporter or what have you! We can bet that much disappointments would most definitely come the way of many people, at the end of the day.