Former Governor Olusegun Osoba of Ogun State has made a shocking revelation.

He said; “I was warned in 2003 governorship election by the electoral officer from Cross River State. He told me after the presidential election, ‘Chief, don’t contest the governorship election; it is concluded’, but I said no.”

“The 2003 election I put it behind me many years ago; 2003 is bygone whatever happened. I refused to go to court; yes, I did because the evidence was too much.2

“But let’s forget about all that; it is gone and Ogun State people have had the chance to compare and contrast, and they have given their conclusion and that is private to everybody.”

“Nobody expected that the election would go the way it went, but I knew it would go the way it went because Prof Adu of FUNAAB, who was the returning officer, said the figure had already been prepared.”

“Some of the security people had given me the result that they were going to announce and I knew he was referring to me spending money and some people taking my money to sleep in hotels; they pocketed the money; I knew because in politics, you must learn to na ina ku na (engage in wasteful spending) and you must learn to buy all kinds of lies; that is all part of politics.”

“We shared N140m on the eve of the election and I knew it was wasted money, but I shared it because if I didn’t share it, they would say if I had given them money, they would have won.”