President MUHAMMADU BUHARI and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), BOLA AHMED TINUBU, have condoled with the government and people of Oyo State over the passing of the immediate past governor of the state, ABIOLA AJIMOBI.

A statement signed by President BUHARI’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, FEMI ADESINA, said the President “commiserates with the family of the former governor, who served the country as a senator in 2003 before winning the governorship election in 2011, remaining constant in his progressive views, and working assiduously for the creation of All Progressives Congress.”

TINUBU, on his part, said: “With his departure, Nigeria has lost an outstanding statesman and one of its most able politicians.

Governor DAPO ABIODUN of Ogun state said: “Senator AJIMOBI was a phenomenal public servant and business entrepreneur who broke the second-term jinx in the governance of his state and had served at the Senate as a principal officer, and deputy minority whip creditably before attaining that height. 

He said the former Governor impacted on both law-making and executive arms in a manner that history cannot forget.”