The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State on Saturday blasted the state’s former governor, Ibikunle Amosun, over the controversial remarks on his successor, Dapo Abiodun, IgbereTV reports
The pair have been at a loggerhead since the 2019 election in Ogun State.
Amosun had on Friday accused the governor of rigging the election.
The ex-governor, who spoke at the 50th anniversary of the Abeokuta Club, insisted that Abiodun did not defeat his preferred candidate, Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the election.
He also declared that Abiodun must be removed, saying he was not in support of the government.
The Senator representing Ogun Central district also promised to make public his next line of action in coming days.
However, in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary in the state, Tunde Oladunjoye, the APC said Amosun was suffering from “political amnesia and out-of-office loneliness.”
It added that the ex-governor was in a dire need of prayer.
The statement read: “The attention of our party has been drawn to a statement reportedly credited to the immediate past governor of Ogun State and the Chief Promoter of the Allied Peoples Movement, His Excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
“The quoted statement was not only an insult to the psyche of the people of Ogun State, but also a sad indication that the former governor is yet to purge himself of extreme arrogance and intolerance that were his trademarks, which earned him suspension from our party, even as a sitting governor.
“The APC, therefore, calls on the general public, and particularly our esteemed members, to pity and pray for the former governor as he obviously suffers from political amnesia, loneliness and absolute lack of touch with reality.
