By Dapo Akinrefon & Charles Kumolu

ABEOKUTA—GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ogun State, Senator Akin Odunsi has dismissed insinuations that he and others parted ways with Governor Ibikunle Amosun as a result of disagreement over distribution of government patronage.

Odunsi, who said this during a visit to Vanguard office, emphasised that the alleged failure of governance in Ogun State forced him out of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The SDP candidate explained that “if we were interested in ourselves alone, we would not have gotten to where we are today. No. It is an issue of our party men, our followers because, at a stage, they tried to attract us back, saying we should come back, our tickets will be given to us. Who is going to give me my ticket? Is it the governor? He is also fighting for his own ticket even though he has organized all types of endorsements package even before the primaries.”

In addition, he said “we are not doing what we are doing because of ourselves, no. We are fighting the cause of the people, the cause of a common man.”