The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has alleged
that Governor Abiola Ajimobi, is against his governorship ambition for fear of
being jailed.
Shittu made the allegation during an interview on Channels
Television’s Sunday Politics where he said, “Abiola Ajimobi thinks and has been
telling his supporters that if Adebayo Shittu succeeds him, he will be
jailed”.
The comments come days after the minister was screened out
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary for Oyo State,
following a report that he did not participate in the mandatory National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) despite graduating from the University at the age of
25.
Speaking further, he accused Governor Ajimobi of being a
stumbling block to his participation in the governorship primary in Oyo State
and also of having a hand in the NYSC controversy.
He went further to state that the governor himself did not
participate in the national service. “Certainly he did, using the NYSC as the
last card. I have it on good authority that even he doesn’t have an NYSC
certificate and yet he too wants to go to the Senate. I hope that at the
appropriate time, that issue will also be brought to the fore,” Shittu
said.
He also stressed that he was deliberately screened out
because “they” believe he cannot be easily manipulated. “They cannot trust me to bend to issues that
are not in the interest of the state. If they want somebody they can trust to
certainly do their bidding, I am not that kind of person that anybody will put
in office and thinks that he will continue to manipulate,” he said.
