Barking Dogs, You Are Intimidated By My Administration – Ogun Gov Blasts Critics

The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has claimed that those criticising his government are intimidated by his administration.

Orange reports that the governor has been heavily criticised online over the deplorable conditions of roads in different parts of the state.

Under his watch, many social media commentators have tagged Ogun as the “headquarters of bad roads” in Nigeria.

Some communities bordering Lagos State are among the worst hit by the deplorable roads.

On Tuesday, the Department of State Services (DSS) freed a pastor, Kayode Olawoye, alongside two of his associates who were detained following public outcry.

Olawoye became an internet sensation following his exposé on the poor state of some roads in Ogun State, which he had repeatedly drawn to the attention of the state government.

However, speaking at the commissioning of a 3.5-kilometre Laderin–Prof. Wole Soyinka Train Station Road in Abeokuta, Abiodun said his critics are “barking dogs,” who deserve no response.

“We are a very deliberate administration. We will not pay attention to any barking dog. Like they say, nobody throws stones at unripe fruits.

So, anybody who decides to attack us on social media, we appreciate the fact that it is because of how intimidating this administration is.

“So, we have no response for them. I will respond to them by commissioning roads every week for the next two months,” he said.

The governor said, contrary to criticism, that his government had constructed about 1,600 kilometres of roads over the last six years.

He said, “In the last six years, my administration has constructed, at the minimum, 1,600 kilometres of roads, and that is not a joke. Then, I make bold to say that, at the risk of sounding immodest, that’s more roads than the two administrations before me constructed. They can come and contradict me because facts and figures don’t lie.

“As we speak, we have at least 20 roads ready for commissioning across the three senatorial districts.”