The Oke-Ogun Council of Obas has thrown weight behind one of the illustrious sons of Oke-Ogun, Barrister Raji Ahmed SAN who was said to be nominated for ministerial appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Recall, ODUDUWA NEWS had earlier reported how the legal luminary, Ahmed Raji SAN was tipped for ministerial appointment.
The Oke-Ogun traditional rulers in a statement made available today to ODUDUWA NEWS through their lawyer, O.K. Abimbola Esq, urged the public to discountenance the unpleasant and negative remarks which have been flying around the social media in respect to the rumoured nomination of Alhaji Ahmed Raji SAN as a Minister of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The Council posited that Raji Ahmed SAN is a good representative of Oke-Ogun and that, despite the fact, that he is not a card carrying-member of any party, he has supported all political parties to bring development to Oke-Ogun and as such he is best fit to represent Oyo State as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The Council also used the occasion to implore the public to be wary of the antics of political jobbers who out of their mischief and sinister plot want to prevail on the President Bola Tinubu to disqualify Raji Ahmed SAN from being the Minister because the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola is also from Iseyin, the same town Raji Ahmed hails from.
The council in its statement quoted as thus: “the issue of being an Iseyin born is not relevant in his appointment, as the said appointment is not political but professional appointment and that the CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola of a learned jurist who has reached the pinnacle of his career cannot be used as a basis to disqualify Ahmed Raji SAN. Sunday Dare was a Minister when Fatai Buhari was a Senator both from Ogbomosho.
“The Council of Obas and Chiefs hereby declare their unwavering support to Ahmed Raji as he is a philanthropist and a senior member of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA and going by zonal rotation, the next ministerial appointment should be from Oke-Ogun zone. Oyo zone had produced Alhaji Haruna Elewi, Ibadan Zone had produced Chief Richard Akinjide, Professor Taoheed Adedoja, Elder Wole Oyelese and Jumoke Akinjide, and Ogbomosho zone had produced Sunday Dare. Therefore the appointment of Ahmed Raji SAN as Minster is meritorious and highly deserved”.
The council therefore urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to discountenance the campaign of calumny against his proposed appointment as Minister of Federal Republic of Nigeria.