"Suspend My Allowance": Former PDP Governor Tells APC Successor, Gives Reasons

• Gbenga Daniel, the Senator representing Ogun East in the 10th National Assembly, called for the suspension of his pension and allowances from the state governor
• Daniel, who served as Ogun governor between 2003 and 2011, disclosed that he made the request after he was sworn in as a member of the 10th Senate
• Giving his reasons, the former governor said the request was made in good conscience, guiding ethics and moral principles

Abeokuta, Ogun - Gbenga Daniel, the former governor of Ogun State, has told his predecessor and current governor of the state, Dapo Abiodun, to suspend the payment of his pension, which roughly amounts to about N700,000.

In a tweet on Friday, July 6, Daniel said he made the request after his inauguration as a member of the 10th Senate, adding that the N676,376.95kobo was the only package he got as a former governor of the state.

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Why I asked Abiodun to suspend my pension - Gbenga Daniels

Speaking further on the reasons for his action, the former governor said:

"This decision, I made, in good conscience, moral principles and guiding ethics."

Daniels, elected in the February 25 presidential and national assembly election to represent Ogun East in the 10th Senate, said he wrote to Abiodun to stop the payment of his monthly allowances and pension.

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Now in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Daniel was elected governor under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) between 2003 and 2011.

Daniel, in a copy of the letter he shared on his social media, stated that besides the pension, he had not received any other welfare packages from the state, including medical, transportation and furniture.

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The ex-governor was first succeeded by Ibikunle Amosun, who Abiodun subsequently succeeded. Three of them are now in the APC, but it is not certain if they are good terms.

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Adebutu, PDP suffer legal setback as election tribunal dismisses application

Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP and its candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Ogun State had suffered major legal setbacks against Governor Dapo Abiodun of the APC.

This is because the Ogun State governorship election petitions tribunal dismissed the PDP and Adebutu application against Abiodun and APC's prayers on vote buying.

Adebutu and the PDP have argued that the petition did not include vote buying, and Abiodun did not have to include it in his defence, but the tribunal ruled in favour of the ruling party.

Source: Legit.ng