Politics in Nigeria is like the old soap opera, Fuji House of Commotion. Having the same root does not suggest that there will not be rancour, neither does eating from the same bowl. Thus, as folks are wondering if and how Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Otunba Gbenga Daniel are going to work together under one party, several humorous episodes of the soap opera come to mind.
To say that Amosun and Daniel (OGD, as he’s called) are likely to lock horns one of these days is to join hundreds of far-sighted folks to state the obvious. Because OGD decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC), chances are that his old bind with Amosun will be unravelled and resolved soon. Or things are going to escalate beyond all hope.
For those who are not in on the story, OGD is the former Governor of Ogun State (2003 to 2011) who left the office for Senator Amosun (2011 to 2019). Although OGD was a staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while Amosun stuck with the APC, that was not the bone of contention. The source of Amosun’s alleged grudge against OGD remains largely undisclosed, but, as OGD has always announced to all and sundry, Amosun did his very best to frustrate him throughout the length of his (Amosun’s) tenure.
According to reports, one of the first things Amosun did on becoming Ogun Governor in 2011 was to set up a panel to probe OGD. One of these probing sessions resulted in the confiscation of some of the latter’s supposed properties, including the Golf Resort Hotels and Gateway Front Foundation (GFF) — which OGD got back when Governor Dapo Abiodun succeeded Senator Amosun.
That is the background story to the affairs of Senator Amosun and OGD, two contrary peas now in the same political pod. Will the old rivalry rear its head? Will they make peace? Time will tell.
