How Gbenga Daniel, Amosun Harassed, Traumatised Me For Years – Osoba
Chief Olusegun Osoba, the former Governor of Ogun State, has accused Gbenga Daniel and Ibikunle Amosun of threatening and traumatizing him for 16 years after he stepped down in 2003.
According to NEWS DIRECT, Otunba Gbenga Daniel succeeded Osoba in 2003, and Ibikunle Amosun succeeded him in 2011.
Speaking in Abeokuta on Tuesday during the commissioning of the Olusegun Osoba Press Centre, which was built on the premises of the Ogun Governor’s Office. In the words of Osoba, his time in the hands of his successors was “traumatic.”
He said that Gbenga Daniel’s government declared him persona non grata, and that he was unable to visit Ogun State, let alone the governor’s office in Okemosan, as a result.
Osoba said: “When I left office, I was so harassed to the point that all the plaques and the symbols of all the projects I did were the first to be removed throughout the state.
“The first 16 years of my leaving this office have been very, very traumatic. I never came back, I became a snake that doesn’t go back to where it has turned over its skin. This premises (Governor’s office) became no go area for me. To imagine that in my life my return to this premises will be this glorious is something of emotion.
“The first eight years, I was virtually declared persona non grata in Ogun state, well that is settled, those involved have come to apologise. Niran Molaolu was the first to come and apologise.
“My name was sent to EFCC so many times. The EFCC investigated and investigated because everything was documented in files , they found nothing.
“I couldn’t come to Abeokuta not to talk of visiting the office of the Governor. The other eight years, that one also became problematic,” he said.
Osoba who expressed his joy for coming back to the Oke-Mosan Governor’s office after 16 years of leaving office, said “Mr. Governor, you will not know how many hours you have added to my life with this action today. It maybe hours, it maybe weeks, days, it maybe years, but you have added something very great to my life today.”
