Opinion: Ajimobi’s Last-minute Heists: Of Media Scoops and a Jaundiced Narrative?, By Festus Adedayo
Could the serial publications of these alleged thefts be a manifestation of a clandestine manipulation and exploitation of the excitement of the media for scoops..? Specifically, could Ajimobi be a victim of someone who wants to be considered for a ministerial slot, who feels that muck-raking and destroying the Oyo governor at the last minute would open a window for him into this office?
Of a truth, the relationship between governments in a Third World and the governed is really very worrisome. Regardless of the fact that they are elected by the selfsame electorate to administer them for a fixed term of years, what operates between this Siamese couple can at best be described as a hide-and-seek, cat-and-mouse game. The apparent offending partner in this no-love-lost spousal relationship is government.
The above background is apparently the reason why sleaze stories about elected public officials are taken as real, ab initio. And why, the duty of rebutting their involvement in these thieving spectacles is solely that of these public officials, while that of society is to connect the grey areas and arrive at what is nearer to the truth.
Apart from the bad press provoked by Ajimobi himself, it is generally held that his government reshaped the road infrastructure of Oyo State. Of all the contenders for the ministerial slot, he sure has an edge over all others.
If, as he claimed, there was ever a gang-up against him in the last election, it was a gang-up against him by the people of Oyo State, many of who heard him when he said that he would banish vehicles with Lagos number on Oyo roads and his dangerous ambivalent religious politics of playing the chameleon when confronted on the issue of his religion.
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