* Asks ex-Gov to retract statement or face legal action
A former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasheed Ladoja, has described as complete falsehood, the claim by former National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Bisi Akande that he (Ladoja) has crucial information regarding the murder of a former Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige.
Akande, in a recent interview, also claimed that Ladoja entered a no-case submission with the suspects accused of assassinating Nigeria’s former chief law officer.
But the former governor has denied the allegation, saying old age has probably affected the memory of Akande – former Governor of Osun State – to remember what happened during the period.
Ladoja wondered why Akande, who said he knew many things about the assassination that he would not disclose, did not tell the public what exactly surrounded the killing of the former AGF on December 23, 2001.
But Ladoja, while speaking with journalists on Monday, insisted that he or anyone in his government did not withdraw the case file from court.
Ladoja asked Akande to apologise for making a false statement about him.
The former governor threatened to sue Akande if he (Akande) fails to retract the statement.
Ladoja, who doubled as the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, added that Akande made some false allegations against many personalities in his recently launched book.
