Nigeria, May 14 -- The Ogun State Government and former governor and serving senator, Gbenga Daniel, have traded words over recent adoption of Governor Dapo Abiodun as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ogun East Senatorial Distract in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.

The state government described Mr Daniel's criticism of the endorsement of Mr Abiodun as the "rantings of a drowning politician."

But Mr Daniel described the endorsement as "a deceptive political move", while insisting on a primary election to pick the party's candidate for the senatorial poll.

The Ogun government said it was ironic that Mr Daniel, who benefited immensely from the All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus process thr...