Impeachment: Ajimobi Has Responded To Our Call For Funding - Lawmaker

AN All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Olusegun Olaleye, has commended Governor Abiola Ajimobi for responding to the call for the funding of the assembly.

Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi

Olaleye, who represents Ibadan North II constituency, spoke against the backdrop of a meeting said to have been held by the lawmakers with Governor Ajimobi last week, when impeachment fever gripped the state.

Speaking with newsmen on Monday, Olaleye, a former national president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), said the release of the money had shown that the governor was interested in the welfare and funding of the assembly.

“It is important to appreciate the positive gesture from the governor over the funding of the House. It is equally important to let Nigerians know that the governor has funded the Assembly.

“I use this opportunity to call on all fifth columnists and all enemies of the governor and the assembly to hold their breath because the relationship between the House and the governor remains ever solid and improving by the day.

“I want to use this opportunity to call on every member of the Assembly to continue on the path of honour by maintaining the cordial relationship between the House and the governor to the utmost shame of our collective detractors.

“The latest development is a further testimony to the leadership dexterity of the governor and his wealth of wisdom in crisis moments. The resolution of this issue has shown that the governor is not only in charge but also in control.”

“We call on the governor to continue to give the Assembly every necessary attention it deserves. This, we are confident, he will continue to do as the leader and architect of modern Oyo State,” the lawmaker said.

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Impeachment: Ajimobi Has Responded To Our Call For Funding - Lawmaker

Accord not party to Ajimobi’s planned impeachment -Ladoja

A former Oyo State Governor and National Leader of Accord Party, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, said members of his party in the Oyo State House of Assembly will not join those reportedly planning to impeach the state  Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

Ladoja

Ladoja announced that he would contest the governorship of the state in 2015 while speaking with newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday.

Ladoja, who was impeached as the governor in 2006 before he was later returned by the court the following year, said there was no political justification for removing Ajimobi with a few months to the end of his tenure.

He added that such move could result in social and political unrest in the state.

The former governor said, “I cannot understand the basis for anybody in the House suddenly waking up to nurse any impeachment move against Governor Ajimobi. In any case Accord is not a party to it.

“I cannot understand why they will wake up and say there is gross misconduct against a governor, who is on his way out. Let them publish it for people to see but as far as I am concerned, our party is not part of any purported plan to impeach governor Ajimobi.

“We have told Accord members in the House that we are not party to it and that they must distance themselves from it.

“As a matter of principle and reason, how many months does the governor have left in office? How many months do we have to the general elections? Anybody planning impeachment plan to cause insecurity and distract the governor.”

Accord not party to Ajimobi’s planned impeachment -Ladoja

Boko Haram not Islamic - Sultan of Sokoto, Governor Ajimobi

By Ehi Ekhator

As many Muslims continue to distance themselves from the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, the President-General of the Supreme Council for islamic Affairs, who is also the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the Executive governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, have appealed to Nigerians not to link Boko Haram extremists with Islam.

Sultan

They both spoke in Ibadan during the inauration of Bodija Estate and Environs Muslim Community Islamic Centre. The Sultan of Sokoto called on Muslims to continue living in peace with non-Muslims, adding that Islam is a religion of peace. He advised Muslims to copy the steps of Prophet Mohammed.

Similarly, Governor Ajimobi denounced any link associating terrorism with Islam, saying that it is a religion of peace.

Ajimobil advised the communities to always play active roles in Islamic affairs in order to develop the religion, saying that whatever they did on earth, including contributing to building of mosques, they shall reap the reward hereafter.

In his lecture entitled, “The Role of Mosque in Islam”, the Chief Imam, University of Ilorin Central Mosque, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyy Oladosu, said mosques had the potential of uniting Islamic faithful without discrimination.

Boko Haram not Islamic - Sultan of Sokoto, Governor Ajimobi