A former Governor of Oyo State and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, on Tuesday, replied former Osun State Governor, Chief Bisi Akande, concerning the December 23, 2001 lassassination of former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige.
Ladoja said that Chief Akande lied against him.
However, speaking with reporters at his Ondo Street residence in Ibadan, the state capital, the ex – governor debunked the claim by Akande that the then governor Lam Adesina took the matter to court but he (Ladoja ) withdrew the case.
But Ladoja said: “Chief Bisi Akande lied against me.”
The Daily Crucible reports that Chief Akande at the weekend stirred up fresh controversy over Ige’s unresolved assassination of Chief Ige, insinuating that Ladoja may have clues to the murder and those that perpetrated the heinous act.
Ladoja said, “Chief Bola Ige was assassinated on December 23, 2001, 18 months before I assumed office. I became governor on May 29, 2003, and Chief Ige was killed on December 23, 2001, which was 18 months before my tenure began.
“I didn’t withdraw the case. My government didn’t withdraw any case.
“The case was even prosecuted up to the Supreme Court. Chief Akande lied against me, and he is old. This is not his first time. People say he lies. Even Baba Adebanjo said he lied in his book.
“We are all deeply saddened by Ige’s death. We are all concerned about his murder; I was very close to Chief Bola Ige when he was alive.”
