Alleged Financial Backer, Wasiu Sowami Distances Self From Akinlade’s Guber Ambition

Abdulwasiu Sowami, one of those alleged to be the major sponsors of the gubernatorial ambition of Adekunle Akinlade, the Allied People’s Movement’s gubernatorial candidate in Ogun state has distanced self from the move.

Sowami made his position known in interaction with thecapital.ng.

According to the information monitored by societynow.ng on thecapital.ng, Sowami who is a major player in the oil business asserted that there was nothing of such.

The report by thecapital.ng on Sowami’s reaction reads

‘’The Managing Director of Prudent Energy and Services Ltd, Abdulwasiu Sowami, has refuted claims that he was the moneyed man behind Adekunle Akinlade’s gubernatorial campaign.

In his rebuttal to a report by TheCapital that alluded to Sowami’s sponsorship of the Yewa-born candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), he maintained his neutrality to the fierce contest in Ogun State, though he admitted Governor Ibikunle Amosun is a good friend.

‘’According to him, he has only met Akinlade three times all his life, and that there was no moment where they exchanged talks bothering on Akinlade’s governorship ambition. Sowami explained he has never deployed funds to sponsor any politician, including Akinlade; nor has he been involved in the process of installing anyone in public office for selfish or pecuniary gains.

He further stated that he was not averse to Akinlade ambition to govern Ogun State just as he was also not to that of the eventual winner, Dapo Abiodun. Dapo Abiodun and Wasiu Sowami both trade in the same petroleum industry before the former choose to play in the murky waters of Nigerian politics.

Sowami also puts a lie to the insinuation that he is Amosun’s man Friday because he is fronting for the governor. He dismissed such rumour as a figment of the fertile imaginations of some detractors who peddle fake news around. He said he has always focused on private business. Sowami’s name attracted public attention late 2018 when he bought 75 percent equity of a major Nigerian oil and gas group owned by a Lagos born billionaire who divested from the downstream business.

We believe him. We hereby retract the said article in entirety and apologize for the embarrassment the said article must have caused the businessman.’’