APC Job: Ajimobi Declares Himself Father Of Modern Oyo State

The immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has dismissed contentions against his nomination as Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying that party elders saw many reasons to nominate him for the position.

His assertion came against the background of opposition to the nomination by some party chieftains in Oyo State who saw it as a reward for the alleged failure of Ajimobi in the last General Election.

Responding through his media aide, Bolaji Tunji, Ajimobi said:

“As Governor, the people of Oyo State are agreed that his records of achievements are unassailable and also unprecedented. In fact, he is dubbed the father of modern Oyo State. So, if his party finds him worthy of that position, so be it. As a statesman and the Deputy Chairman (South) of his party, APC, he has no quarrel with anyone.

“People are bound to raise one concern or the other, but we should always disagree to agree. However, we should always set the records straight on matters like this. The position of Deputy National Chairman (South) is a party position zoned to the South made up of the South-West, South-East and the South-South. The South then gave the slot to the South-West.

“At the time, all the South-West states were under the control of the APC except Ekiti State, hence the party elders and caucus gave it to Ekiti at the time in order to strengthen the party and ensure that the state had a coordinator and presence at the party’s highest level of decision making.

“Recall that a similar thing happened in the North – the position of Secretary was zoned to the North-East and Yobe State had the slot. Fortuitously, the Secretary of the party emerged the governor of the state. If we go by Ekiti State’s argument, one would then say the replacement should come from Ekiti, but the party elders in their wisdom still retained it in the North-East…

“In any case, Ekiti has a right to agitate to retain the seat; we should, however, see ourselves as a broom that achieves when it is together. We are all one.”

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