Why Daniel was denied entry into APC meeting — Governor’s aide

The Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor on Media and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, has offered an explanation on why a former governor of the state, Senator Gbenga Daniel, was denied entry at a meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday.

The representative of Ogun East Senatorial District had said he was prevented from entering the venue of a caucus meeting of the APC for the district.

A video of Daniel, who addressed his supporters from the door of a Coaster bus at the venue of the meeting, has since gone viral.

But reacting to the development when contacted by The Eagle Online, Akinmade said Daniel was not barred from the meeting.

Rather he said the former governor refused to conform with security protocol at the venue of the meeting.

The seasoned journalist said the protocol was that since it was a caucus meeting, only those invited were being allowed into the venue.

He said this message was passed across to Daniel by the security operatives, who asked him to either step out of the bus and walk along into the venue or take a car in which the occupants could be clearly seen.

Daniel was, however, said to have insisted on going into the venue of the meeting with the bus, a development Akinmade said led to the stalemate.

He added: “This is not the first time we are having this sort of scenario in Ogun State.

“An aspirant for Ogun West Senatorial District seat was prevented from attending a similar meeting in the state capital, Abeokuta, last week after insisting on going in with some uninvited people.

“Nobody could have stopped the former governor if he had complied with the security protocol.

“All he needed to have done was either come out of the bus or use a car the security people can see through to be sure he is the only one or with invited people.

“He would then just have signed the invited members register and go in for the meeting.”