[In Context] Ibadan will serve me Twice - Ajimobi

The Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has denounced those who canvass that Ibadan people do not serve a governor twice, stating that such people were poor students of history.

He made this known on Thursday at the Governor’s Office while swearing-in 33 Caretaker Chairmen of local governments in the state.

According to the governor, such people should cross-check their history books and records to discover that the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief S. L. Akintola, Premiers of the Western Region, ruled the West from Ibadan and were given mandates to rule twice by the people. “Those who say they don’t do second term in Oyo State should cross-check the records. Chiefs Obafemi Awolowo and Samuel Ladoke Akintola did it twice.

“Those who say Ibadan people don’t serve anyone twice may not be wrong, however are wrong in the context. What they may be referring to is Ibadan and we are not serving Ibadan people alone, but the whole of Oyo State. Perhaps, they are referring to the throne of Kabiyesi, the Olubadan. When someone ascends the throne, it is until that person dies that another person comes to the throne. It means a king only rules Ibadan once and not twice. In any case, we are serving Ibadan people and they are not the ones serving us,” the governor said. - http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=64663