Former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has clinched the Senatorial ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for Ogun East in the 2023 election.
Daniel’s emergence followed the withdrawal of the incumbent, Senator Olalekan Mustapha, from the primary election, at the Itoro Hall in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area.
Unconfirmed information had it that the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, had pleaded with Mustapha to withdraw from the race for Daniel.
It was learnt that a close associate of Mustapha, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, announced Mustapha’s withdrawal from the election.
