Former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, once revealed
that he always tell God he wants to die at the age of 70.
Ajimobi stated this during an interview with Splash FM some
weeks before he was hospitalized.
Ajimobi, who spoke in Yoruba language during the interview,
said his father died two months before he clocked the age of 70.
“My dad died with just two months to clock 70. So, I always
say If I could make it to 70, then it’s enough. But when I was close and
experiencing the goodness of life, I told God 70 is too small.”
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The two-term governor and former senator, however, succumbed to death today at the age of 70.
Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi was born on the 16th of December 1949.
He was formerly the Managing Director/Chief Executive
Officer of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company a subsidiary of
Shell Petroleum, Nigeria.
He left the oil sector in 2002 after 26 years and was
elected in 2003 as a Senator of the Republic of Nigeria representing Oyo South
Senatorial District on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD).
After one term in the senate, he contested in 2007 for the
governorship of Oyo state under the banner of the All Nigeria People’s Party, a
bid which he lost.
He recontested again in the April 2011 elections under the
Action Congress of Nigeria and was elected Governor of Oyo State in a closely
contested vote.
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