Former Ogun State governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Iyabo Obasanjo, has responded to claims by the party’s governorship candidate, Solomon Adeola, that she left the party after he gave her money.
Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, was reported to have claimed that Obasanjo left the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because he failed to refund her campaign fee.
He claimed that when Obasanjo could not get money from him, she turned to PDP governorship candidate Ladi Adebutu for her demands.
In a statement, Obasanjo described Adeola as “a liar” and a politician without integrity.
She said that his claim was at variance with his purported efforts to convince her not to quit the APC.
She stated that if Adeola felt the request for reimbursement was an insult, he would not have called her repeatedly after she resigned from the APC, nor would he have reportedly offered her money to stay in the party.
“In the last meeting with the senator, her political team asked for three things but Adeola did not give any of them or give feedback,” Obasanjo explained.
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“My supporters asked the senator for three things,” she said. 1st is the Senate seat. 2nd is the money back that I spent. 3rd is to include my people in his campaign.
I told him that whatever he came back with on these demands I would explain to them. He didn’t do any of the three and didn’t even speak to me again until he tried to call me after I left the party. I did not reply and he offered me money.
‘If he thought it was insulting, why was he offering me money not to leave the party? This guy is a total phony. He’s a liar.
The requests were made by Hon Aroyeun, Chief Toyin Jokosenumi and Hon Biodun Ajayi . I didn’t ask for anything. I told him he didn’t have to do everything but he should tell me what he was gonna do.