Ajimobi’s Impunity, Disregard For Constitution Must Stop – Minister
Governor Abiola Ajimobi, of Oyo State [/caption]
A major brawl is brewing between the Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu and the Governor of Oyo State Abiola Ajimobi, after the former accused the governor of ruling his state with impunity.
Shittu, who is a former member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, made the accusation, while featuring on a live television programme ‘Bottom Line,’ on MITV.
“This impunity must stop; it must be checkmated at all costs,” Shittu said.
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The minister expressed concern over Governor Ajimobi’s “continued appointment of handpicked people to serve as caretaker chairmen.”
According to him, the refusal of the governor to conduct local government election “is not only a disservice to the people of the state, but also a disservice to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
“Facts should be said. The stakeholders are frustrated by the way the executive has been treating them.
“The governor does not even deem it fit to invite me to the stakeholders meeting; this issue of impunity must be checkmated.”
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Recall that Ajimobi, last Friday, inaugurated caretaker chairmen for the 55 local governments and local council development areas in the state.
He assured the people of the state that the elections into the 33 local governments and 35 local council development areas (LCDAs) would be held as soon as the suit against the election was settled.
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice John Tsoho, had in January 2017 ordered the Oyo State Independent Election Commission (OYSIEC) not to proceed with its plan to conduct the election earlier slated for February 11, following a motion ex-parte filed on behalf of 16 Baales from Oyo Federal Constituency by their lawyer, Mr Ahmed Raji, SAN, pursuant to the creation of 35 LCDAs in the state.
