Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, and the G-15 lawmakers in the Ogun State Assembly may have reached an accord to present a common candidate in the person of Tunji Olurin, a retired military officer, as the next governor of the state in 2011.

NEXT reliably gathered that, towards this project, Mr Obasanjo held a meeting late Sunday evening at his Hilltop home in Abeokuta, with some Peoples Democratic Party {PDP} stalwarts and the G-15 lawmakers, to perfect the plan for the emergence of Mr Olurin.

Mr Olurin is from the Yewa/Awori zone of the state, an area which is now favoured to produce the next governor for the state, as no one from the area had ever been governor of the state since its creation 30 years ago.

Of late, the posters announcing the candidacy of Mr Olurin have appeared all over the secretariat of a faction of the party hostile to the state governor, Gbenga Daniel, located at Onikolobo area of the state capital, while similar ones were found in major streets.

Ayo Otegbola, a leader of the Yewa/Awori, was reported to have led some other notable citizens of the zone to the meeting, whose focus was on how the 70-year-old Olurin would be supported to be the next governor.

Some of those at the meeting were: Jubril Martins-Kuye, minister for commerce; Buruji Kashamu, a multi-millionaire leader of the party; Tunji Egbetokun, Ogun Assembly Speaker, and other lawmakers; Mr. Olurin, the proposed consensus candidate; and Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, a senator.

Iyabo-Obasanjo to be deputy

The arrangement, according to people familiar with the discussion, is that while Mr. Olurin is to serve as the governor from the Ogun west district, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, a senator from Ogun central, would serve as the deputy governor.

But the faction of the party loyal to Mr. Daniel, the incumbent governor, is opposed to this arrangement. Leaders of the faction claimed that Mr. Olurin’s membership of the party is not up to one year. This would make his candidacy a violation of the party rule that only people with membership of up to a year can fly the party’s flag at the election.

The group also said that, considering the age and health of Mr. Olurin, the sole administrator of Ekiti State in 2007, he is not fit to contest and run the affairs of the state.

“This is another Yar’Adua method used by Obasanjo, which eventually paved way for Jonathan becoming president,” said a party leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity.



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Whoever thinks Obj means well does not reall know him
People should always remember Anambra and Bakassi whenever they are discussing this person

Iyabo's case with EFCC is not concluded, yet the man is promoting her
and if Olurin dies, what happens - another Yaradua scenario

The zoning thing in Ogun state also states that Obj lies whenever he says there is no zoning
We should note that if people in Ogun state - virtually all Yorubas - insist on zoning
why should Igbos allow Yorubas, Hausas, Ijaws rule forever
We will continue to need zoning until most Nigerians see quality rather than ethnicity as the basis for assessing ourselves

Obasanjonomics, tested and trusted

I'd rather wait for other parties to present their candidates. May the best man win

I'd rather wait for other parties to present their candidates. May the best man win

@dappssee,
ur post above is as meaningless as ur id. were u saying a prayer? if yes, where is ur amen?
obasanjo the owner of nigeria has brought a candidate and u are wishing the best candidate to win.
all the while he has been imposing his candidates on the ppl, no be the best ppl dey win?

@topic,
we can wait to celebrate the death of anyone who does not respect the constitution of this country and those that do not respect the rights of the ppl to vote and be voted for.
for those who deny us our God's given peace and wealth, for those who deny us our constitutional rights, May God in heaven bring shame upon them and their generations to come and i ask all these in the mighty name of Jesus - AMEN

they will not know peace until they let us be.