Oyo: I will jail Ajumobi when I become governor – Communication Minister

Minister of Communications Chief Adebayo Shittu has declared that he will ensure that the incumbent governor of Oyo state is jailed when he eventually become the governor in 2019.

Shitu, who also declared that he was not desperate to be governor, said governor Ajumobi knew he was too principle for him when its comes yo issue of morality.
Speaking to newsmen Tuesday in Abuja after a closed door meeting with the APC national chairman Chief John Oyegun, where he (Minister) complained about the ward congresses in Oyo state, the APC chieftain also accused governor Ajumobi of desperation to stop his governorship ambition.
Shittu said: “I want to say that if anybody is desperate in the Oyo political firmament, it should be Governor Ajimobi who believes that if Barrister Shittu succeeds him he will be in jail. That is what he is reported to have always told people who mentioned me to him.
“He thinks that I am too principled, firm, unbendable and uncompromising when it comes to the issues of morality. It is he who is desperate to stop me not me being desperate to become governor.
“The rules are clearly there and like somebody who believes in the rule as a lawyer and man of law and order, if I follow the rules to contest the primaries in a free, fair and credible poll and did not win, I will take up something else. I am not desperate to become the governor of Oyo state. It is the other way round because the governor is desperate to stop me for whatever reason.”
When asked whether he has taken advantage of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed APC reconciliation panel to bring about solution to the disagreement between him and the governor, the Minister said: “I can say straight away that I am like any other Nigerian that heard that a committee was constituted. No invitation was extended to me for any purpose of discussions, negotiations, reconciliations or whatever. Nobody can blame me for that.”
On what he (Minister) want to correct as governor, Shittu said: “He (Ajumobi) has failed in so many things including human relations and others I cannot say openly in the media. Why is he afraid of going to jail if another Buhari like me comes to power in Oyo state? Why is he afraid of primaries?
“For seven years, he has been running the Local Government alone without elected officers. What it means is that the LGA funds come directly into his pocket. He committed so many atrocities and that is why he is afraid of a Buhari coming to power in Oyo state.”

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