Monday, 4 August 2014

I regret working for Ajimobi in 2011, says Adeseun

The chairman Senate Committee on Capital Market, Ayoade Adeseun, has expressed regrets for being part of the team that worked for the victory of Governor Abiola Ajimobi in the 2011 elections.
Adeseun, who spoke with some journalists in his Ibadan residence on Monday, lamented the style of governance of Mr. Ajimobi, alleging that his All Progressives Congress-led (APC) government in the state has made life more miserable for the people than it was before it came on board in 2011.

 
The lawmaker was elected into the Nigerian Senate under the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to represent the Oyo Central Senatorial District of the state.
After weeks of dumping the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adeseun told journalists that he would be welcomed back into the party (PDP) in a rally scheduled for August 19.
Speaking in defence of his return to the PDP, he accused the governor of not allowing views of other members of the party in his government.
He cited examples of alleged failure of the state government under Ajimobi, insisting that most of the governor’s policies are anti-people.
He said he had expected that the governor would correct the anomalies of past government, but ‘he end up doing worse’.
The Senator frowned at Ajimobi’s condemnation of his decision to dump the APC for PDP, accusing the governor of ingratitude.
"When Ajimobi won the election, I went to him and told him that we had done yeoman job. God has made us to make the impossible, possible. I said the seat you are sitting on, I am also interested in as a full-blooded, bonafide Oyo state indigene. However there can be only one governor at a time.
"Our party picked you and I will give you 100 per cent support. I will defer my own governorship ambition until after you are done, provided that you govern with the fear of God. You should allow governance to be collective.
"So, when I heard on air a week ago that Ajimobi was saying that people should not worry about Adeseun because he was jumping from one party to the other, I just laughed at him. Ajimobi would not have been governor if I had not changed parties. There was no way he could have become governor if I had not changed from PDP to ANC. He had no chance whatsoever.
"For that man to now go on air and say Adeseun goes from one party to the other is the height of ingratitude", Adeseun said.
Though he only hinted on the possibility of him seeking the PDP ticket for a governorship race in the state, the Senator said he would make his real intention known to the public after the rally.
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