Abiola Ajimobi: 1949 – 2020

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“Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.” – Buddha

Man daily ebbs. He comes and while about his journey through the earth, he wears off gradually by its vagaries until his end. However, in-between, what he does determines how he is regarded and how he is remembered. For Ishaq Abiola Ajimobi, the erstwhile governor of Oyo State, the drums have gone quiet. The torch has burnt out and the curtains are drawn. Now, it is time for those living to review his life.

Not a few people in his native Ibadan and indeed Oyo State which he governed for a trail-blazing two terms will agree with English satirist and humorist, Terry Pratchett that “no one is actually…



Source: Nigerian Tribune