The former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has described Abiola Ajimobi’s demise as a ‘huge loss’ to the people of Oyo State and Nigeria in general, Igbere TV reports.
The former governor died on Thursday at the age of 70 at a private hospital in Lagos, of multiple organs failure arising from the coronavirus.
Late Ajimobi was the immediate past governor of Oyo State and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy National Chairman, South.
Kalu said Ajimobi was a skilled politician, having broken the jinx of governing Oyo state for two terms, adding that the former Governor, was also a thoroughbred professional in the business world before venturing into politics.
According to Kalu, the former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), played leading roles in the business and political circles at different times.
The Chief Whip of the Senate, while commiserating with the government and people of Oyo state, urged the Ajimobi family to sustain the good deeds of their late patriarch.
In a condolence message from the office of the Chief Whip of the Senate, he said, “I received with shock the news of the passing of former Governor of Oyo state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
“He was a man of impeccable character.
“Senator Ajimobi was a progressive in all ramifications.
” The former Governor will be remembered for his good legacies”
Kalu prayed to Allah to grant Senator Ajimobi Al-Jannah Firdaus and comfort his wife, Mrs Florence Ajimobi and other members of the entire Ajimobi family.
Ajimobi was the former managing director/chief executive officer of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company Plc (NOLCHEM), which was at the time a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum, Nigeria before it was privatised.
