Kunle ADELABU
An aspirant for the Lagos East Senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Otunba Olusegun Ganiyu Abiru, has denied withdrawing from the race.
Abiru who is the Chairman of the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association IKODASS and former Clerk\Permanent Secretary, Lagos State House of Assembly, made this revelation during a discourse on THE IMPACT whatssApp platform on Saturday, September1, 2018.
While assuring his supporters that he cannot be intimidated out of the race, the technocrat also stated, “To me, it is more honourable to pursue this to a logical conclusion”
‘I want to appreciate you all for your interest and concern in my political aspiration. But, I must clear the air that am still on my purported withdrawal from the race” he stated
“I am still very much in the race and can never be cowed down or intimidated by either centrifugal or centripetal forces. I will not betray the good people of Ikorodu who unanimously asked me to go and represent their interest at the Senate in 2019. It is not over until it is over
Abiru who stated that he will be participating in the coming primary for the senatorial position also added that he will accept the decision of the party and work for it thereafter, “I will abide by the decision of the generality of the party delegates and work for the candidate that emerges on the long run”
‘To me, it is more honourable to pursue this to a logical conclusion. I am not in this for personal benefits. I am in it to protect the interest of Ikorodu Division that has been sidelined from the scheme of things within the political terrain of the state’, he said.
