Daniel, who spoke in a press statement issued on Saturday, said he received the news of the death with shock.
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The meeting was called for the South West political leaders to take a joint position on the review of the 1999 Constitution.
Daniel said this in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday.
The explosions, which had affected the state capital, Abeokuta, had seen two people die in the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library and one at Conference Hotel, Abeokuta, owned by a former Governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel
Two people died during the incident when a cylinder containing oxyacetylene gas exploded during routine repairs at the hotel.
Prof. Osinbajo stated this Wednesday when he received on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa, members of a South-West Think-Tank known as Imodoye led by former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. (Imodoye means knowledge is valuable).
Daniel, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party, spoke with State House correspondents after a private meeting with Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The group National Coordinator, Godwin Onmonya, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday that the group had hope in the former National Publicity Secretary of National Republican Convention.
Both leaders agreed that unity among major political leaders and players in the region cannot be overemphasised, especially as the country marches towards the 2023 elections.
The President said this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Monday.
In a condolence letter he personally signed on Saturday, Otunba Daniel commiserated with Afenifere and the widow of its late spokesperson, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, saying the late Odumakin stood firmly for all that he believed in.
In the condolence letter which he personally signed on Saturday, Otunba Daniel described the death of Odumakin as “ a dark moment that eclipsed one of the vocal voices of the Yoruba nation and of social, cultural and political activism in our country Nigeria.
These were the words with which former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, described a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a letter he personally signed and sent to congratulate the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress on his 69th birthday on Monday.
Daniel, who was accompanied by his wife, Olufunke, and some associates, registered at his Ward 12, Isote in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.
Daniel, the Director-General, Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation in the last presidential election, had in March 2019 officially resigned from the PDP, saying he was pulling out from partisan politics.
The party spoke in a statement by the PDP South-West Zonal Director of Media and Publicity, Lere Olayinka, on Tuesday.
Daniel had on Tuesday joined the APC, with five governors elected on the platform of the party expected to formally welcome him.
Jakande died on Thursday at the age of 91 years.
Daniel said this when members of the 100 Women Lobby Group paid him an advocacy visit at his home in Sagamu, Ogun State, a statement by the group’s Public Relations Officer, Olubukola Okuneye, said on Monday.
In the broadcast, he declared: “How did we work to get out of this debt quagmire? We did it by resolving and working hard to break with the past; by identifying new voices and new leaders; and by rejecting business as usual and voting for new values of accountability, transparency, fair competition, social justice, and the upliftment of the living standards of Nigerians. We revamped our institutions and put in place an economic agenda that reduced the role of the state in the economy while strengthening the place and role private investors. We mounted a vigorous global campaign to make a good case for debt relief.”