Again, Abiodun Hits OGD with demolition threats

 

Political crisis is again brewing in Ogun State as Governor Dapo Abiodun's administration again served quit and demolition notices on Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s properties.

The development is igniting an alleged political vendetta and abuse of power and a fresh offensive against former governor Gbenga Daniel, who is currently representing Ogun East Senatorial District.

The affected properties are Asoludero Court in Sagamu, Conference Hotels Limited Sagamu, and its annex, as contained in the notices issued on Thursday, 8 August 2025.

The state government in the notice issued by the Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law No. 61 of 2022; legislation enacted years after the buildings were completed.

Spokesperson for OGD Media Office, Steve Oliyide, while reacting to the ugly development, accused the governor of “weaponising state power to settle political scores” and “dragging Ogun into an era where the rule of law is optional.”

“This is a calculated vendetta,” Oliyide declared.

“By issuing contravention and demolition notices simultaneously, the Abiodun administration has trampled due process.

"The act is a reckless disregard for law is the same pattern we saw with the illegal midnight demolition of DATKEM Plaza in 2023; a matter still in court, where the government keeps losing.”

"I likened the move to political thuggery disguised as governance, warning that it sets a dangerous precedent for property rights in Nigeria.

Oliyide called on the Nigerian Bar Association, human rights groups, and civil society to push back against what it described as “a naked abuse of office.”

Senator Daniel’s legal team, according to him, is already assembling a full-scale challenge in court, vowing to hold the governor accountable for “this assault on justice and decency.”