The Ogun State chapter of the Action Alliance, AA, has unveiled Samuel Adeyemi as its governorship candidate.
Adeyemi, Ijebu Igbo-born medical doctor, is the first governorship candidate of the party in Ogun State, having emerged through a consensus arrangement.
Speaking at a press conference in Abeokuta, Adeyemi revealed how he was lured by some prominent political parties with millions of naira to form a merger.
While saying he rejected over N250 million from an undisclosed party, Adeyemi said the AA is the main third force in Ogun politics.
The AA candidate vowed to fight corruption to a standstill if he is elected into office.
To achieve this, he said he would set up the Ogun State-owned anti-graft agency like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
According to him, the anti-graft agency would not be set up to probe his predecessors or their appointees, but to rid his administration and the state of corrupt practices going forward.
Adeyemi said he would warn his appointees, civil/public servants and those in the private sector to eschew corrupt practices, or else they will have the Ogun EFCC to deal with.
Addressing newsmen in Abeokuta ahead of the commencement of the party’s campaign, Adeyemi stated that AA is “committed to the emancipation of the suffering masses” by taking over the state in the 2023 elections
