The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the 2027 election, Ladi Adebutu, and a chieftain of the party, Folake Marcus-Bello, have urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Solomon Adeola, to promptly file a lawsuit against them over their claim that he is not an indigene of the state.

Adebutu, while reacting to the legal threat yesterday during a campaign rally in Odogbolu Local Council of the state, urged Adeola, the senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, to join him in a legal suit for calling him “fake indigene of Ogun State”.

The PDP governorship candidate said he had enough evidence to establish his claim that Adeola is not an indigene of the state, noting that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is becoming apprehensive over the growing strength of the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections.

ALSO reacting to the threat of legal action, Marcus-Bello urged the people of the state not to be distracted by Adeola’s comments, insisting that she stood by her claim that the senator is not an indigene of Ogun State, adding that she would make further revelations on the matter in due course.

She, however, urged the people of the state to get set for what she described as a new dawn of good governance, development and accountability, adding that an incoming PDP government was ready to restore the state’s lost glory.

“It is however sad that the APC governorship candidate, Adeola, commonly called Yayi, is threatening to sue people because they said that he is from Ekiti State.

“I am waiting for their lawyer to also sue me so that we can go and present all our documents in the court of law,” Adebutu stated.

Adebutu also alleged that the ruling party was intolerant of opposition activities, claiming that PDP billboards had been barred from being erected across the state, while posters belonging to the party were being torn down and vandalised.

He, however, accused Adeola of diverting projects from other states to Ogun, noting that his claim that the senator was not an indigene of the state was not politically motivated but rather true, aimed at protecting the state’s future beyond the 2027 elections. Efforts to get Adeola’s reaction were unsuccessful, as calls to his media aide, Odunaro, were not picked and he never responded to messages sent via WhatsApp as of the time of filing this report.