The People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) in Oyo State has lambasted ex-Governor Abiola Ajimobi, for describing as
mundane, the dissolution of local government executive councils and attempts by
the incumbent administration to recover official cars taken away by Ajimobi’s
aides.
The PDP advised Ajimobi of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop playing to the gallery with his defence
of elements in his government who took away cars and other items belonging to
the state government, saying he should be ashamed of them.
In a statement issued by the
Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state, Akeem Olatunji, the party said it is
shameful to see Ajimobi describe the alleged monumental theft of government
property by some persons as a ‘mundane issue’.
The statement read: “We read with
serious consternation, comments credited to the former governor of Oyo State,
Senator Ajimobi, especially in respect of the dissolved local governments and
the missing cars belonging to the state government.
“While we are very much aware
that the state government is dealing with the twin issues with all the
seriousness, we are, however, appalled by the statement credited to the former
governor, which amounts to a father attempting to pamper a thieving child.
“We know that it is not in the
character of statesmen to pander towards the axis of evil and pamper wrongdoing
by whoever and that is why we are saddened at this attempt by Ajimobi to give
justification to allegation of theft.
“We believe that having served
the two constitutionally guaranteed terms of office as Governor of Oyo State,
Senator Ajimobi should remain grateful to the people of Oyo State.
“There cannot be any ambiguity in
the statement credited to the new government on the issue of cars taken away by
operatives of the last administration. Some officials of the government led by
Ajimobi refused to return cars and other items belonging to the state after
their tour of duty. That cannot be a matter to be celebrated or described as
“mundane” by anyone.
“Should we classify theft as
mundane because it was perpetrated by some political “demi gods” who happened
to serve a previous government?
“What is expected of Ajimobi is
to prevail on his loyalists to return any property belonging to the state they
might have illegally kept aside.
“Besides his defence of the
missing vehicles, Senator Ajimobi has also been gallivanting round the city of
Ibadan in recent times as if in some victory laps. He has made statements to
the effect that he turned around the state and has also been offering words of
advice to Governor Seyi Makinde. We congratulate him for the alleged feat.
“We, however, make bold to state
that the said achievements he claimed to have recorded fall way below the pacesetter
status of Oyo State. At best, Ajimobi’s laps amount to a celebration of
failure; what with the uncompleted projects all around.
“With the funds his government
claimed to have committed to capital projects, we should not be talking of
poorly-executed contracts and abandoned roads everywhere even after a
government has spent eight years in office.
‘Let us, however, reassure the
people of Oyo State that Governor Seyi Makinde will return the lost glory of
this state and take that state to a higher realm of development anyone can
imagine.
“On the dissolved local
governments, we are convinced that Ajimobi is merely playing to the gallery of
partisan politics here. We do not wish to say much on this because the matter
is before the court of law. We will, however, place on record that all efforts
aimed at pulling the administration of Governor Makinde down, even before it
took off are already falling by the wayside.
“Our people are not unaware of
the series of landmines positioned on the path of the new government by the
administration of Ajimobi. We are all witnesses to the series of last-minute
spending and the refusal to cooperate with the transition committee. Those are
not the antics of statesmen.
“We will also state it loud and
clear that the PDP is not in doubt that the new driver in Oyo State is
competent and ready to remove all cobwebs and cogs in the wheels of progress.
We will all be witnesses to the success story.”
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