The recent news making the rounds that “Ogun APC leaders have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu”—with claims that former Governors Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Senator Ibikunle Amosun were merely “absent”—is a gross distortion of facts and a calculated attempt to mislead the public.
Let it be stated without ambiguity: there was no Ogun APC stakeholders’ endorsement. What occurred was a carefully choreographed gathering of political appointees loyal to Governor Dapo Abiodun, falsely projected as the collective voice of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State.
An endorsement of such magnitude cannot be manufactured by a handful of government aides and beneficiaries of state patronage. APC, as a party, is built on structures—ward leaders, local government executives, senatorial caucuses, elders, and founding stakeholders. None of these structures was duly convened, consulted, or represented in the so-called endorsement exercise.
The glaring absence of Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Otunba Gbenga Daniel, both former governors and nationally respected leaders of the APC, is not a minor footnote—it is the story. These are leaders whose political relevance and influence in Ogun State cannot be erased by propaganda or selective invitations. Their absence exposes the claim of party-wide consensus as hollow and dishonest.
Even more troubling is the deliberate attempt to pass off government-organized activities as grassroots party support. The much-publicized walk in Ijebu-Ode on Tuesday and Wednesday was not an organic APC mobilisation. Credible information confirms it was organized by Mr. Olamide Lawal, Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth, using government influence and appointee networks. That is state power in partisan costume, not democracy at work.
Ogun APC members and the general public must understand the difference between party endorsement and executive-stage management. When political appointees endorse, they do so out of obligation, not conviction. Their voices cannot replace those of party members who built the APC from the ground up.
This editorial is not an argument against President Tinubu, nor is it an endorsement of any aspirant. It is a defense of truth, internal democracy, and political honesty. False unity is more dangerous than open disagreement. A party that silences its stakeholders today risks implosion tomorrow.
Until a proper, inclusive, and transparent stakeholders’ meeting is held—one that genuinely reflects the will of APC members across Ogun State—any claim of endorsement should be treated as propaganda, not fact.
Democracy thrives on truth, not theatrics. Ogun State deserves better than political counterfeits dressed as consensus.
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