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The Oyo State
governor-elect, Abiola Ajimobi, has accused the incumbent governor,
Adebayo Alao-Akala of frustrating his effort to ensure a smooth change
of baton in the state by May 29.

Mr Ajimobi had
last weekend inaugurated a 30-member committee to ascertain the true
position of the state’s finances as well as other necessary aspects of
governance ahead of his eventual take-over.

But the camp of
the governor-elect has warned that the incumbent was not doing enough
to ensure that the transition is carried out smoothly.

Frustrating the committee

“My Transition
Committee’s work is being terribly frustrated by Akala’s failure to
respond to my letter after several fruitless attempts to reach him,” he
said.

Since the
inauguration of the committee, headed by Busari Adebisi, a former
secretary to the state government, it has not been able to meet with
the governor’s 21-member side.

Mr Alao-Akala’s
team, according to sources, were waiting for instruction from the
governor to allow them meet with their counterpart.

But Dotun Oyelade,
special adviser to Mr Alao-Akala on public communications, said the
delay was prompted by the recent appointment of a new head of service
for the state.

“With the change
of baton and the swearing-in of a new Head of Service on Wednesday,
there is understandably a slight delay since the new HOS is the
Chairman of Government’s Transition Committee,” Mr Oyelade said in a
statement.

He, however assured that the government is not nursing any motive of thwarting the transition process.