The president recalled their longstanding political relationship.
Governor Dapo Abiodun, following the predictable pattern of every two-term governor in Nigerian history, covets that same senatorial throne for himself.
Mr Amosun lamented that hatred, and division had overtaken religion’s unifying purpose.
The foreign investors were out for revenge and pursued the matter in a UK court where $70 million was awarded against the Nigerian government.
The ruling marks the latest in a string of losses Nigeria has suffered in foreign jurisdictions over the past years.
It is up to the Supreme Court to grant or deny the writ, but senior judges will look into the judgment if it is okayed.
Zhongshang Fucheng has intensified steps to seize Nigeria’s assets in Europe and North America to collect up to $70 million from a 2021 arbitration verdict.
Mr Amosun said he found out that the state house of assembly had already blacklisted Mr Utomi as a personal non grata.
