Barely six weeks after the immediate past Governor of Oyo
State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi left his exalted office as the Number 1 citizen
of Oyo State, Papermache Online has reported that problem is brewing from all
sides as another ex-Governor of the State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja is
threatening fire and brimstone over a piece of land where Ajimobi has built his
retirement home.
The land in question sits on a vintage 1.375 hectares in
Agodi GRA, Ibadan.
It’s a choice land where Governor Ajimobi has decided to
build his fantasy home, in an area where the rich lives in Ibadan.
Papermache Online had earlier reported that the family of
late business mogul, Aare Arisekola Alao was at war with Ajimobi over the
property, claiming the land rightfully belonged to their late father.
An independent investigation made by Papermache Online
showed that the land was transferred from an owner to another.
A source revealed to the online medium that Governor Ladoja
was the first owner of the property, the property was seized from him by
Governor Akala who reported to EFCC and the land in question was tagged as one
of the proceeds of crime being investigated by the anti-graft commission back
then.
During the process of the trial, Governor Akala sold the land
to Aare Arisekola Alao, who later got to know that the land was seized from
Ladoja and he didn’t want a confrontation with Ladoja, he presented the land as
a gift to Governor Ajimobi who started constructing a country home on it. Along
the line the EFCC charges against Governor Ladoja were thrown out after nine
years and the matter of the land sprung up.
A top aide of Senator Ladoja in a message to Papermache Online
claimed ‘he has won the case in court, so he has all the right to challenge the
ownership of that land that rightfully belongs to him.
It is revealed that Senator Ladoja has filed the case in
court and confided in a friend that he would use all the necessary means to
eject Senator Ajimobi from the property.
Senator Rashidi Ladoja and Senator Abiola Ajimobi despite
the two being prominent indigenes of Ibadan and also former Governors, the two
are not friends, there are records of discord between the two Ibadan chiefs.
The raging chieftaincy matter between the Olubadan and
Governor Ajimobi was believed to have had a political undertone with the ex-governor
hitting hard on the Ibadan monarch to get back at Senator Ladoja who is an
Ibadan High Chief and a confidant of the Olubadan of Ibadan.
When Papermache visited the property last month, the
building was 90 percent completed. One of the workers hinted that they are
working day and night to meet up the deadline.
Credit: Papermache Online
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