• Gov cannot be blackmailed –APC chieftain
Oluseye Ojo; Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan
Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has described his wife, Florence, as paragon of virtue, who gives generously to the needy and a woman always solidly behind him to succeed in all his endeavours in life.
The governor stated this yesterday at the commissioning of a multi-million naira information technology building donated by the First Lady to The Polytechnic Ibadan, her alma mater, to commemorate her 59th birthday.
Ajimobi said the greatest form of godliness is service to humanity.
“She is always behind me and teaches me how to give. I have known my wife for over 38 years and I can say she is a quintessential achiever. My wife is an inspirational mother and wife. She does not look 59, but behaves like an 89-year-old woman who is caring.
“Just as Bishop Taiwo Adelakun said, my wife is going to end well. I met her when she was 21 years of age, then I knew little about her, but now, I can say I know everything about her. And as she gets older; she gets better and always moves closer to God and accommodates people; and I know surely, she will end well,” he said.
Governor Ajimobi added that through the commissioned project, his wife has contributed to advancement of technology, noting that technology is the heart of learning, which promotes economic development.
The celebrant, Mrs. Ajimobi, thanked her husband for his support. She said she had in the past donated three ICT centres to higher institutions and urged the students to make good use of the facility and equipment. She promised to continue to give back to the society to engender development.
Mrs. Ajimobi prayed God to help her husband end well as it remains one year for him to finish his tenure as governor of the state. She also prayed for a worthwhile successor.
Chairman of the Governing Council of the Polytechnic, Prof. Isaac Adeyemi, said within seven years of governing the state, Ajimobi has established more tertiary institutions than previous administrations in the state.
He appreciated the commitment of the celebrant, for uplifting the institution and noted that 40 years after leaving the institution, she had continued to be in touch with the school and continue to be mindful of its infrastructure development.
Meanwhile, a former chairman of Oluyole Local Government Area in Oyo State, Kehinde Olaosebikan, has said Ajimobi cannot be blackmailed into submitting to the antics of any aspirant or group regarding next year’s governorship election.
Olaosebikan, in a parley with newsmen in Ibadan yesterday, said political expediency, competence, popularity and winning will determine the zone that would produce the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
He said the expression of wish by Ajimobi for the party’s candidate to come from a particular zone does not guarantee that the APC candidate must come from that zone and neither should it be taken as a licence for blackmail.
He said the governor’s wish that the governorship candidate comes from Oke Ogun was predicated on the fact that Oke Ogun has many competent and popular people who can navigate the political waters of Oyo state successfully and win majority support from all the other zones.
“It is true that Ajimobi expressed his wish for the candidate of the party to come from Oke Ogun, which is based on his conviction that Oke Ogun has capable, popular and competent people that could navigate the political waters of Oyo state successfully and win majority votes from other zones. He never meant limiting the contest to Oke Ogun zone alone.”