Ladoja was impeached for being ungrateful: Obasanjo

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said that former governor Rashidi Ladoja was impeached and removed as governor of Oyo for being ungrateful to chieftains Lamidi Adedibu and Yekinni Adeojo.
Mr. Obasanjo made the disclosure on Thursday during the launching of the autobiography of former governor Adebayo Alao-Akala in Ibadan.
Mr. Alao-Akala, now an APC Chieftain, was the governor of Oyo on the platform of PDP from 2007 to 2011. He took over from Mr. Ladoja when the latter was impeached.
Mr. Obasanjo said that Mr. Ladoja was impeached when all efforts to reconcile him with the two chieftains failed.
He said that Ladoja had turned deaf ears to his entreaties and he paid heavily for it.
“You pointed out on page 140 that Mr. Ladoja picked up a quarrel with me for the reason of a non-existent third term.
“I didn’t know that Mr. Ladoja picked up a quarrel that his becoming governor was due to the grace of God and major contributions of the two people.
“I pleaded with him to make accommodation for them both. He told me that they were all Ibadan people and they knew how to deal with themselves.
“He subsequently proved himself right as they dealt with themselves and he, Mr. Ladoja, came out the worse for it,” he said.
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