The three Special Assistants (SAs) to Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who quit office on Monday, said they resigned voluntarily as against the government’s announcement that they were sacked.
The three former aides are: Kayode Agunloye (aka K.K), Soji Ojomo and Chris Anota.
Agunloye was the LP Chairman in Akoko South West before he was appointed a Special Assistant (SA).
Speaking with The Nation in Akure, the state capital, Agunloye, Ojomo and Anota said the Mimiko administration was deceitful.
Agunloye said: “We were astonished to hear on the Ondo State Radivision Corporation (OSRC) on Monday that we were dismissed by the government. As early as 8am on that day, we were at the Governor’s Office to tender our letters of resignation. Immediately Deputy Governor Olanusi got the inkling of our resignation, he quickly phoned the OSRC General Manager to lie to the public that we were dismissed.
“We resigned because of the bad leadership style of Olanusi, who is from the same Akoko South West Local Government as ourselves.
“Our grievances arose from discrimination against Akoko South West Constituency I. In Akoko South West II, there are two commissioners, apart from the Deputy Governor. Nobody is representing us in Akoko South West I and there is no Oka-Akoko indigene serving in Mimiko’s Executive Council (Exco) except those in the local government areas.”
The former aide alleged that Olanusi, who was supposed to be their leader, did not assist anyone of them in the area.
According to him, in Akoko South West II, majority of the residents benefitted from two of their leaders, Col. Roland Omowa and Abiodun Ogunbi.
Agunloye said Olanusi was at Supare when he instructed OSRC chief to carry the distorted news.
He said: “We submitted our resignation letters to the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). We discussed the development with a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor, Mr. Bamiduro Dada. But instead of the deputy governor to dialogue with us on the matter, he ignored us. We did not see him as a good political leader.
“We are soldiers with followers; we are moving the whole territory in Akoko South West to our new camp. Our dismissal report is a joke. We are the leaders in Akoko South. We will shock Mimiko and Olanusi on October 20. The deputy governor has no weight in the area.”
Igbede, who was the Special Assistant to Deputy Governor on Political Matters, decried the “use and dump policy” of the Mimiko administration.
He said those who worked for the success of LP and Mimiko in 2007 were driven away or relegated to the background.
The former aide said new-comers were made leaders in the ruling party in Akoko South West over old members.
Igbede noted that despite the huge resources accruable to the government, the Mimiko administration is a failure.
He said: “Look at public primary and secondary schools in the state; they are in a sorry state. The existing structures are falling down, roofs are leaking.
“General hospitals are experiencing inadequate drugs and facilities. There’s no employment, no motorable roads; even a kilometre road has not been inaugurated in the last three and a half years of the Mimiko administration.”
The Nation
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