A national leader of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Comrade Adesina Akinpelu, has expressed concerns over the order issued by the Ogun State Government for the demolition of a house belonging to former Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun.
Otunba Gbenga Daniels, who is the Senator representing Ogun East in the National Assembly, had on Saturday, accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of allegedly ordering the demolition of his Sagamu private residence, The Asoludero Court, Conference Hotels Limited as well as the hotel annexe in Sagamu.
The former Ogun State governor in a statement signed by his media aide, Steve Oliyide, lamented
that the latest move by Abiodun to demolish his properties stand condemnable and it is nothing but a clear political persecution.
But in a swift reaction, the Ogun State Government, through Kayode Akinmade, a spokesman for Governor Abiodun, advised Daniel to stop crying foul and comply with lawful directives,
In a telephone interview with newsmen on Sunday, Comrade Akinpelu declared that the planned demolition appears to be politically motivated.
Akinpelu argued that Gbenga Daniel, a two-term former governor of Ogun State and an engineer, cannot build a houses without following due process.
He maintained that Governor Abiodun should have approached a court to obtain a demolition order instead of using an executive order.
The OPC leader urged traditional rulers in Ijebuland and Ogun State generally to intervene in the matter between the two political leaders.
He appealed that the crisis should not be allowed to degenerate into the kind of face-off between the late Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief Ladoke Akintola.
Akinpelu noted that former Governor Daniel has a good relationship with many Yoruba self-determination groups and activists.”
