Chairman of Premier Lotto Limited and owner of the popular ‘Baba Ijebu’ lottery, Sir Kesington Adebutu has kicked against the endorsement of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) for the governorship election in Ogun State on Saturday, by his son, Honourable Ladi Adebutu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ladi Adebutu on Thursdaya Endorsed APM’s Abdulkabir Akinlade as his preferred candidate for March 9, governorship elections after attempt failed to reclaim Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket from Buruji Kashamu.
In a statement he personally signed on Friday, Sir Adebutu stated that he had nothing to do with the adoption of APM and did not support the position of his son.
He expressed shock over the decision, stating that he could not fathom any reason whatsoever why his son took such step without informing him.
“I wasn’t privy to his meeting with Governor Amosun, neither did he inform me. I heard the news like every other individual and wondered what could have gotten over him. He is on his own on this move and does not have my support,” he said.
According to Adebutu, who is currently out of the country for his medicals, he has been inundated with several calls by well-meaning Nigerians asking if he knows about the decision of his son to adopt the candidate of the APM.
