- Daniel, in a recent interview, said he initiated some important projects during his administration between 2003 and 2011 which were underreported due to bad press.
- Oladunjoye insisted that the former governor did nothing to suggest the seriousness of his administration to build any airport in the state.
The Ogun chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed Gbenga Daniel, former governor of the state for making false claims about his achievements in a recent interview.
Daniel had claimed to have initiated several projects, including the Gateway Agro-Cargo Airport, which he alleged was underreported due to “bad press”.
Reacting, Tunde Oladunjoye, the APC Publicity Secretary, dismissed Daniel’s claims as “product of hallucination of a serial failure”.
Oladunjoye pointed out that Daniel’s administration did nothing to suggest seriousness about building an airport, and that the proposed site remained a thick forest while billions of naira were squandered on consultancy fees.
He said “Unlike the deceptive 8-year administration of Daniel, that was characterized with high level of fraud, political assassination and widespread brigandage, Abiodun came on board with integrity, and purposeful leadership skill, which is practically responsible for the remarkable success his administration had recorded in the last five years, and the reason for the present headache of his hitherto traducers, including Gbenga Daniel.
“Setting the record straight, like many other failed Governors of Daniel type, who merely made political statements about projects to manipulate people’s emotions and deceive them for political gains, the Agro-Cargo Airport situated at Ilisan-Iperu axis of the State was just one of the many areas where Otunba Gbenga Daniel failed the people of Ogun State very woefully.
“Gbenga Daniel, after announcing construction of an Airport in the year 2006, the area earmarked for the project remained a tick forest till 2019 when Prince Dapo Abiodun came into the saddle. Daniel’s successor, Ibikunle Amosun based on the nature of his personality and pattern of reasoning did not even open the file of the proposed Airport throughout his eight years in office, the same way Daniel abandoned all the projects left behind by his predecessor, Aremo Olusegun Osoba.
“The recent interview of having the grand or master plan for what Governor Dapo Abiodun has been accomplishing is not only self-ridiculing, it is simply a sheer hallucination of a serial failure and shameful acceptance of failure on the part of Mr. Gbenga Daniel.
His interview and comment on Governor Dapo Abiodun reek of deep envy and insensitive lack of modesty,” Oladunjoye averred.
Oladunjoye praised Dapo Abiodun’s leadership, integrity, and purposeful governance, which have led to remarkable success in the last five years.
Oladunjoye exposed Daniel’s failed promises, including his announcement of an airport in 2006, which remained a mere political statement, and his successor’s refusal to open the file on the project.
He described Daniel’s recent interview as “self-ridiculing”, “hallucination”, and “sheer acceptance of failure”.
The APC spokesman also criticized Daniel’s ineptitude, deceptive tendency, and maladministration, which led to his unpopular administration, and not “bad press” as he claimed.