The ripples generated by the alleged money laundering by the wife of the Oyo State Governor, Mrs. Florence are yet to settle as an opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state said the public is waiting to get the accurate number of times that Mrs. Ajimobi travelled since her husband, Senator Abiola Ajimobi assumed office.
The First Lady in the state had denied that she had traveled 52 times as alleged by the publication.
PDP through its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lukuman Agboluaje, said in as much as it would not want to join issues with the governor’s wife on the money laundering allegations, there were more salient issues which should not be glossed over.
According to the party, it is improper for the governor, who had made much noise about quality free education to now send his daughter abroad for a mere secondary education.
Agboluaje said: “As much as we are not in a position to join issues with Mrs. Ajimobi on the alleged money laundering charges as reported by a local newspaper using an online publication as its source, we are constrained to ask some fundamental questions, especially from her own defence on arrival.
“We are aware of the free education policy of the present administration in the state and our concern is the inability of the state’s first couple to allow their kid daughter enjoy the free education being dished out to the populace rather than for the First Lady to incessantly visit her daughter every three weeks in a UK secondary school.”
This, the party went further, was more so critical as the First Lady, though, had promised to tell the public the number of times she travelled abroad since her husband’s assumption of office 17 months ago, up till now the public was still waiting.
Another thorny issue which the PDP claimed was more curious to learn through the online publication was that the State Agency for the Control of Aids, SACA, was now placed under the office of the First Lady.
Wondering why this could be, Agboluaje said it was an indication that either Mrs. Ajimobi was more qualified than officials of the supervising Ministry of Health or that the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the state was suffering from dearth of qualified politicians that could be saddled with such sensitive responsibility.
The release further stated that it was a good thing that Governor Ajimobi had sued the offending medium to the law court as the public was very much interested in knowing how the case goes in court.
“This is more so important when it is realised that a major shareholder of the offending publishing house, Independent Communication Ltd, is Senator Bola Tinubu, National leader of the ACN and the godfather of Governor Ajimobi,” the release added. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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The mask is now being unveiled. Just noticed that PDP is the architect of the whole buhaha. Nigeria and dirty politiking. PDP should engage themsel with more serious national issues like their inability to the flood ravaging states and obvious insecurity in the land. Also the effrontery of some of them acqiring private jet in the mist of hunger in the state. Ajumobi has the right to start his ward from nursery school in any part of the world. May be you want him to benefit from the PDP bastardised school system in Nigeria. That can't work, you are just deceiving yourself...you guys should wake up from your sleep.
ReplyDeleteWe are here in nigeria swimming in poverty,especially in oyo state,bt they take their wards oversea for education despite the fact dat he is d gov of oyo state.it means he see(s) no hope in nigeria but my qus 4 u is “y is he d gov“, “does it mean dat we didnt av gud skul in our country“.
DeletePDP and ACN are an association of looters and irresponsible people.Reckon it's a case of a thieves knowing how another thieves operates
ReplyDeleteU shouldn't just rush 2 a conclusion. They must be an idiota of truth. Am intrested i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̅ this matter and want 2 follow it up
ReplyDeleteSilence is the best answer in the mist of baseless allegations that they are also guilty of.We are watching as real truths unfold
ReplyDeleteWhy do opposition parties in Nigeria always focus on pulling the other party ore person down. You don't have to colour the truth just to score cheap points.
ReplyDeleteIf a party has won, the next focus should be about building Nigeria.
I am not a supporter of any party but it has been made known that the daughter of the Governor has been schooling abroad long before he became governor.
PDP should first go tell all their people in power to send their children abroad back to Nigeria before pointing at other people.
It‘s not fair dat d child of oyo state gov is skulin in london,does it mean dat d education system of d state he govern is bad?, travelin abroad is nt a crime,bt im against d edu stuff.
ReplyDeleteSo d PDP can actually accuse somebody in Oyo state after d 8 yr reign of d bleached,retired police officer who robbed d state blind,who is also in "court" after his tenure? Nigerian politicians have such short memories n forget dat wen pointing a finger at some1 d remaining 4 fingers are pointin right back at u! Pot calling kettle black.let d PDP sort out the case of alao b4 dey start saying rubbish
ReplyDeletecan you tell us the number of PDP looters children that are schooling abroad, undergoing medical treatment abroad and even shoping abroad
ReplyDeletePDP has made a point here, but this idea of politicians running abroad for medical attention as well as sending their kids to foreign schools is not just peculiar to ACN politicians - so it is with all of them. If the PDP can curtail this by showing example, then it will have the moral right to question any other doing the same. Nigerians should be very concerned about these our politicians habit, meanwhile they neglect our schools and hospitals to rot.
ReplyDeletePDP has made a point here, but this idea of politicians running abroad for medical attention as well as sending their kids to foreign schools is not just peculiar to ACN politicians - so it is with all of them. If the PDP can curtail this by showing example, then it will have the moral right to question any other doing the same. Nigerians should be very concerned about these our politicians habit, meanwhile they neglect our schools and hospitals to rot.
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