“Arrest us if we have stolen” – Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi

Arrest us if we have stolen - Ajimobi

Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi, says the incoming government is free to arrest them if they have stolen.

The outgoing governor said this on Thursday during a public lecture and fellowship investiture organized by Society for Peace Studies and Practice at the Subomi Balogun Conference Centre, University of Ibadan.

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He said;

“We will work till the last day of this administration. We don’t care about what some people are saying all about… As I am talking to you today, this administration still has 18 days and some hours to expire. ”

“When they get there, let them cancel all the contracts we have signed. Let them investigate us and if we have stolen, they should arrest us. ”

On his government’s achievement, during his tenure, Ajimobi said:

The SGB model led to a significant improvement in public schools students’ performance in public examinations. Today, we can boast of the best results in WASSCE in the last 18 years. ’’

“We have given our best to the state and we will continue to do this. The feats recorded by our administration placed Oyo as one of the five safest havens of investment in the country,” he said.“We are also the fourth investment-friendly state in Nigeria according to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics; with a four-star rating for investment friendliness by the Nigerian Export Promotions Commission.”

Meanwhile, the incoming governor of the state, Seyi Makinde, had accused Ajimobi of awarding N30 billion worth of contracts in a single day. Makinde stressed that he would review all contracts signed by the outgoing government.