* Comrade Adesina Akinpelu
OPC Leader
By Ibidapo Olowolayemo, Ibadan
Monday August 11, 2025
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A national leader of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Comrade Adesina Akinpelu, has expressed concerns over the order issued by the Ogun State government for the demolition of houses belonging to former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
Otunba Daniel, who is the senator representing Ogun East in the National Assembly, had, on Saturday, accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of ordering the demolition of his Sagamu private residence, The Asoludero Court, Conference Hotels Limited, as well as the hotel annex in Sagamu.
The former Ogun State governor, in a statement signed by his media aide, Steve Oliyide, lamented that the latest move by Abiodun to demolish his properties was condemnable and was nothing but a clear political persecution.
But in a swift reaction, the state government, through the spokesman for Governor Abiodun, Kayode Akinmade, advised Daniel to “stop crying foul and comply with lawful directives.”
In a telephone interview with journalists in Ibadan on Sunday, Comrade Akinpelu declared that the planned demolition appeared to be truly politically motivated.
Akinpelu argued that Daniel, a two-term former governor of the state and an engineer, could not build houses without following due process.
He maintained that Governor Abiodun should have approached a court to obtain a demolition order, instead of using an executive order.
The OPC leader urged traditional rulers in Ijebuland and Ogun State generally to intervene in the matter between the two political leaders.
He appealed that the crisis should not be allowed to degenerate into “the kind of face-off between the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, and Chief Ladoke Akintola.”
Akinpelu noted that former Governor Daniel had “a good relationship with many Yoruba self-determination groups and activists.”
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