On Thursday APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, told the Press “We have come
to consult him (Obasanjo) as some of his former boys are contesting in our
party. We need to know what he thinks about them”.
An authoritative source close to the meeting has however revealed that
Alhaji Tinubu was not telling the truth. “The meeting he had with Baba and
former Oyo governor, Senator Rasheed Ladoja was mainly about the 2015 election
in Oyo state.” Our source said Obasanjo actually called the meeting to ask
Tinubu to prevail on the incumbent governor, Abiola Ajimobi not to seek a
second term so that Ladoja can return to the office the former President in
conjunction with the late “garrison commander”( Lamidi Adedibu) illegally
removed Ladoja from in 2006.
In the course of their discussions Ladoja was reported to have complained
bitterly of how he aided the victory of Ajimobi in 2011 only for him to renege
on the pact he signed with him after he became governor. “Ladoja said Ajimobi
signed that he would give him 20% of the cabinet, board appointments and Local
Governments leadership but that he only fulfilled that of the cabinet and
jettisoned the rest of the deal” said NP source.
Tinubu was said to have interjected Ladoja at that point and said “I want to
beg you to forgive him. I am actually the person who asked him to disregard the
pact after he had you some commissioners”. The former Lagos helmsman even
reportedly prostrated for Ladoja as they stepped out of the conclave with
Obasanjo only for him to confide in some aides later that he knew nothing about
the pact and the betrayal. The meeting ended inconclusively as the parties only
agreed to further explore the talks.
NP investigations confirmed that Mr Pius Akinyelure, the South West Zonal
Vice-Chairman of APC two days after led a delegation to Ladoja’s home in Ibadan
to follow up on the meeting but all they got were cold shoulders from Ladoja.
However temper is flaring in Ajimobi’s camp that Tinubu would go and be
engaging in deals on Oyo state without carrying the stakeholders along. “Yes,
he is the leader of the party but he is not from Oyo state and cannot therefore
shave our heads in our absence. We are livid with him for assuming too much to
himself ” said a member of Oyo APC executive council who is close to Ajimobi
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