Ojo Peter, Ibadan
Oyo State government delegation to the 8th day fidau prayer of the immediate past governor of Oyo state Senator Abiola Ajimobi were on Sunday denied entrance by the security operatives attached to the house.
The delegation who was led by the Deputy Governor Engineer Rauf Olaniyan and some commissioners waited at the gate for more than 10mins before they were discharged.
it was gathered that the deputy governor’s security confronted the people at the gate and they replied that they are acting on order not to open door for them.
The spokesperson to the deputy governor, Omolere Omoetan while confirming the incident posited that It was true that the government delegations led by the deputy were denied acess into the venue of the late former governor’s house at Oluyole.
“The security men at the gate told the security men in our convoy that that is the order from Madam”.
It would be recall that there has been exchange of words between the family of the late former governor and Oyo State Government over the attitude of the state governor towards the sickness and death of former Governor Ajimobi.
Mrs Ajimobi had on Sunday after the burial of her husband accused the deputy governor of not making any attempt to communicate with the family during her husband’s sickness and after his death.
But the state government claimed she rebuffed attempt to assist by ignoring calls and effort to reach her to offer a helping hand.
Bolaji Tunji the media adviser to the late Governor while reacting to the claims in a statement said the Deputy Governor arrived after the prayer had started and that he event was strictly a family affair.
There was a need to comply with the Covid-19 protocol as established by NCDC- Social distancing, not more than 30 people in a place and seats arranged accordingly after which the gate was shut.”
Stressing further “No one was aware that the Deputy Governor was coming as neither the advance team nor the protocol informed us by the time we got to the gate to usher him into the sitting room, he had left. Everything happened within a spate of 10mins.”
“Through a serving Senator and a former Attorney General, we tried to get in touch with him that it was not to slight him and he could sit in a private sitting room provided by the family. Unfortunately, he had left. We however apologise to his Excellency.”
