- Why Amosun rejected his resignation
“I am back at my desk, as all issues relating to my earlier resignation are now being looked into,” the estranged Ogun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Chief Jide Ojuko, who resigned from the state cabinet has said.
Addressing a press conference in his Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta office on Friday, Ojuko said he went back to his seat following the governor’s rejection of his resignation letter.
“It is no longer news that the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, rejected my resignation letter as the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, saying I remain part of his cabinet till the end of his administration,” Ojuko said.
While thanking the governor for his sportsmanship and understanding, Ojuko, however assured that all the issues contained in his resignation letter were being addressed. He also alleged that the contents of the letter were misconstrued and misinterpreted by fifth columnists who are bent on tarnishing the integrity and reputation of the Amosun administration.
“That letter was a love letter and not meant to brew hatred or animosity. I love my Governor and my Governor loves me. In view of this development, I am now back at my desk and wish to place on record that the issues surrounding my earlier resignation are being looked into”, Ojuko said.
He stated that his resignation had nothing to do with feud within Ota/Awori traditional council over the imposition of Egba indigene as a king in Aworiland. He insisted that his resignation had nothing to do with the traditional council’s crisis.
While fielding questions from journalists, he said the Ota/Awori traditional council was reacting to some anomalies being meted out to them by Egbas, who were installing Egba sons as their king or Baale in their domain.
“You see, it is imperative to react accordingly that is what the Ota/Awori traditional council did, I am not a member of that council and so cannot be speaking for them. My resignation was purely political and has nothing to do with the chieftaincy tussle. So as you can see, my resignation and the Ota/Awori disputes are two dialectic issues and are never related”, Ojuko said.
He appreciated the governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun for his quick intervention and Ota/Awori traditional council for their understanding, praying for peaceful resolution of the matter.