Immediate past Commissioner for Finance in Oyo State, Bimbo Adekanmbi is under verbal attack by the loyalist of former governor, Abiola Ajimobi over allegation of corruption by the last administration.
Bolaji Tunji, who is the spokesperson of the late governor, said that the former Commissioner deserves the pity of all right thinking citizens and those who have had a relationship with him.
According to him, during the week, the trending video of Adekanmbi alleging corruption during the tenure of the past administration of which he was a member shows a man in the death throes of oblivion due to unrealised vaulting ambition.
The former spokesman said Adekanmbi should be pitied as he is presently depressed due to his unrealized ambition to pick the ticket for the Oyo South Senatorial ticket which hit the rock, hence the ranting that could be likened to a swan song.
“How could Adekanmbi turn round to lay unsubstantiated claims of corruption in an administration he served for eight years, initially as Deputy Chief of Staff and Chairman, Board of Internal Revenue Service for four years and Finance Commissioner for another four years. If he is claiming corruption, then he could not be absolved of those allegations as the person in charge of finance, in any case, what is presently happening to him is simply the ranting of a frustrated soul.
Tunji said that the Ajimobi administration has left the stage for the past three and half years and the talk about Ajimobi has since continued.
“Oyo State and discerning members of the public are tired of hearing such unsubstantiated allegations when the need to fill political vacuum or when purveyors of such statements are seeking relevance.
People of Oyo State have continued to express nostalgia since the Ajimobi tenure ended. The people still recall all the achievements of this father of modern Oyo State in areas of innovative security architecture and infrastructural renewal and any attempt to paint a different picture cannot succeed.
“Clearly, Adekanmbi is playing to the gallery and trying to please his new pay master. After his unfortunate foray into politics and having lost his deposit, he has to find a way to recoup all that he lost”.
Tunji, in his words of advice for the ex-commissioner says, “he needs to be careful as those who have towed such similar paths of perfidy and betrayal end in perdition. In addition, as a new entrant in politics, Adekanmbi does not have the robustness and political experience that could have helped him to absorb the shock associated with defeats at the Primary election, not to talk about going through such experience at a general election, which he has gone through in his unsuccessful foray into politics.
If he desires to continue in politics, he needs to develop the needed shock absorber, or else, every defeat could lead to the ranting that we are seeing, the ultimate end of such could be depression which could further worsen his situation.”
