Road contract: You are distorting facts, inciting public with false claims – Ogun govt tells OGD

The Ogun State Government has described Senator Gbenga Daniel’s comments against Governor Dapo Abiodun as “reckless and misleading,” saying he is only seeking cheap popularity over the 260-meter rehabilitation of Paddy Arikawe Oye-Igbimo Road in Sagamu.

In a statement, the governor’s media aide, Kayode Akinmade, accused the former Ogun governor of “deliberately distorting facts, inciting the public with false claims, and using pliant media outlets to promote discord and confusion.”

Akinmade explained that Daniel was wrong to accuse the state of blocking the project. According to him, “the only directive given by the government was for the contractor—who had commenced work without notifying the state—to regularize its operations by following laid-down procedures.”

He added: “Only a mind bent on mischief will describe adherence to due process as obstruction. The same contractor has since accepted the government’s recommendations, which makes Daniel’s claims even more misleading.”

The governor’s aide questioned why Daniel is the only federal lawmaker in Ogun State having constant disputes with the government over constituency projects. “It is ironic that Senator Daniel, who spent years undermining state institutions while in power, now pretends to seek collaboration,” he said. “A genuine statesman would comply with established processes rather than attempt to impose shoddy and unsafe engineering works on the people.”

Akinmade also pointed to Daniel’s past records, including his refusal to submit documents for some properties in Sagamu during a government verification exercise. He said such disregard for due process is “unbecoming of a former governor and now a senator.”

“Daniel, who is currently under suspension by his party’s state executive, has made it a pastime to attack the government at every turn. He complains about roads, yet how many did he construct as governor? Meanwhile, the present administration has built over 1,000 kilometers of roads across the state,” Akinmade said.

He concluded that while Daniel may continue his “media war,” Governor Abiodun’s administration will not compromise the rule of law or public safety just to please “the whims of a single individual.”