Politics
I’ve 5 potential successors, will unveil the lucky one next year –Ajimobi
The governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has said that there are at the moment about five people who can succeed him but that he was going to announce the lucky one among them by next year.
He stated this in Ibadan on Monday during an interactive session with newsmen to mark the Democracy Day and his administration’s sixth anniversary, disclosing that his successor must be a fearless person, intellectually sound, a courageous and compassionate person.
He said, “I have seen about five people who have the potential to succeed me. I will let you know whoever will be my successor by May next year.”
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Ajimobi, whose second term as governor of Oyo State expires in 2019, added that his successor must be ready to give priority to the welfare of the people the state.
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JOHNSON PETER
May 30, 2017 at 8:26 am
Politics of godfatherism will never cease in Nigeria, is he the one to decide the fate of the state for the next governor or the state decides who to govern them. Is this democracy?
seyi jelili
May 30, 2017 at 12:24 pm
You have said it all, godfatherism is the attribute of Nigerian politics and there is nothing we can do about that.
Balarabe musa
May 30, 2017 at 9:04 am
He might look for his close confidant he can control at any point in time, that’s politics in Nigeria. He who the cap fits, will have the cap
Anita Kingsley
May 30, 2017 at 10:07 am
It’s funny how Ajimobi thinks he can decide for the people of Oyo State in 2019, if you like name anyone as your successor and spend all your money on the person, he will fail woefully. Oyo State people are tired of having any governor of your type in power again
Animashaun Ayodeji
May 30, 2017 at 10:09 am
Having ruled the state two times in a row, I believe he knows the kind of [person that will rule the state better and continue from where he stopped for the purpose of continuity.
Abeni Adebisi
May 30, 2017 at 10:42 am
Just like what the Lagosians are currently enjoying, continuity is important in politics. I hope the people of Oyo State will allow whoever Ajimobi names rule them by voting him/her in