A former governor of Oyo State, Rasidi Ladoja, on Monday, denied withdrawing the case file of the assassination of a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, late Chief Bola Ige, from court.
Ladoja who was Oyo State governor between 2003 and 2007, made this clarification while addressing newsmen at his Ibadan, Oyo State, residence.
Recall that Bola Ige, a former governor of the old Oyo State, was assassinated in December 2001.
A former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande had earlier claimed that a former governor of the state, late Alhaji Lamidi Adesina instituted the case in court but it was withdrawn by Ladoja.
In a recent interview, Akande claimed that Ladoja had some hidden information about the death of the former minister.
But Ladoja, while addressing journalists on Monday, insisted that neither himself nor anyone in his government withdrew the case file from court.
Ladoja demanded an apology from Akande for making a false statement about him.
The former governor also threatened to sue the elder statesman if he (Akande) did not retract the statement.
Ladoja, who is currently the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, added that Akande made some false allegations against many personalities in his recently launched book.
The former Oyo governor said, “Chief Bola Ige was assassinated on December 23rd, 2001, I got to government on 29th of May, 2003 which was 18 months after the assassination of Chief Bola Ige.
“I did not withdraw the case, my government did not withdraw any case.
“The case was even prosecuted till the apex court. Chief Akande lied against me, this is not his first time. People said he lied, someone like Baba Adebanjo even said he lied in his book.
“We all are not happy as a result of Chief Bola Ige’s death, and we are all concerned about his death. I was very close to Chief Bola Ige while he was alive.”
