Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday
said Rashidi Ladoja, former governor of Oyo,
was impeached for being ungrateful to Lamidi
Adedibu and Yekinni Adeojo.

Adedibu, now late, was referred to as the
strongman of Ibadan politics, while Adeojo is a
prominent politician in Oyo.

Speaking during the launch of the autobiography
of Adebayo Alao-Akala, also a former governor
of Oyo, Obasanjo said Ladoja had turned deaf
ears to his entreaties and he paid heavily for it.

“You pointed out on page 140 that Ladoja picked
up a quarrel with me for reason of a non-
existent third term,” he said.

“I didn’t know that Ladoja picked up a quarrel
that his becoming governor was due to the grace
of God and major contributions of the two
people.

“I pleaded with him to make accommodation for
them both. He told me that they were all Ibadan
people and they knew how to deal with
themselves. He subsequently proved himself right
as they dealt with themselves and he, Ladoja,
came out the worse for it.”

Alao-Akala was the deputy governor of the state
from 2003 to 2007 until Ladoja was impeached.

On his part, Alao-Alala said that he was a
product of grace, saying God paved his way to
greatness.

He narrated how his long anticipated desire was
fulfilled, notwithstanding threat to achieving
the dream.

“The tragic death of my father in a road
accident in 1952 single-handedly threatened my
dream of getting to the cusp of my life
aspirations,” he said.

“But providence miraculously found for me a
path to the top.”

Alao-Akala said the 140-page book contained
how he attained his desire and changed the lives
of the people in the state.

“How I became governor of Oyo state is also
documented which serves as a reminder to those
who may be prone to being quickly swept off by
the amnesia of history that God used me.

“How myself and my team of dependable
colleagues at that period in time changed the
lives of the people in the state.”

https://thecable.ng/obasanjo-how-ladoja-could-have-avoided-impeachment

Obasanjo is still part of the problems we're facing today in Nigeria. He shouldn't be acting like a saint for us, abeg.

Akala is just another misfit who benefited from a tainted process.

This is wat happened btw tinubu and ambode, is just dat we live in a Democratic world so he can't be impeached.

OBJ has bn a big problem for Nigeria

See what OBJ is saying. This is very ridiculous.

Oga go and write letter to Buhari.

That's your retirement work.

Stop going up and down telling us what happened in the past.