BISI AKANDE REVEALS CHILLING WARNING TO BOLA IGE BEFORE HIS FATAL DEATH
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GREATRIBUNETVNEWS–Former Osun State Governor Bisi Akande has made a startling revelation about the events leading up to the death of Bola Ige, the former Governor of old Oyo State. Akande claims that he warned Ige that quitting the government of Olusegun Obasanjo would be equivalent to “signing his death warrant” .
Ige’s death on December 23, 2001, remains a mystery, with his security details claiming they had left their posts to eat when he was fatally shot in his Ibadan residence. Akande, who was governor of neighboring Osun State at the time, shared his account of events on a popular podcast with host Edmund Obilo.
Akande hinted that he possesses secrets about the incident, which were shared with him by Lam Adesina, his Oyo State counterpart. However, he declined to divulge these secrets, citing the passage of time. Instead, Akande pointed to Rasheed Ladoja, Adesina’s successor, as someone who may hold crucial information about the events surrounding Ige’s death.
Recalling how he counselled the late AGF not to quit Obasanjo’s government, he said: “One evening, he just called me and said, ‘I’m going to resign from this government.’ I said, ‘Please, sir, I will come back to you.’ I called his friend, Oluwole Rotimi. He asked me to advise him (Ige) not to resign because if he does, he’s likely going to die.
“I called Uncle (Ige) back and begged him not to resign. He said he had talked to Wole Soyinka and Bola Tinubu, and both of them had asked him to resign. I asked him not to resign. I then said, ‘You can go to Obasanjo, tell him what you are angry about, and tell him that if he doesn’t want you again, this is your letter.’
“He actually did so. Obasanjo asked what he wanted him to do, and they both agreed. When he was leaving, Obasanjo said, ‘Don’t give that letter to the press; give it to me,’ and he dropped the letter. Ige told me himself. It was later after that he was moved to the Ministry of Justice.
“He was killed in anticipation of what he might become in the future. It was a state murder. The government killed him. The government can kill anybody. Obasanjo wasn’t keen on investigating who killed Bola Ige but was interested in the stability of himself in power and possible continuance
