Former Oyo State governor and Otunba Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, yesterday stunned listeners when he revealed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was the brain behind his impeachment in January 2006.
The former governor who disclosed this while speaking yesterday on a radio programme as part of his 80th birthday celebration, said: “Impeachment! You see some people said it was Otunba Alao-Akala, some said it was Chief Lamidi Adedibu.
“No! It was not any of them. It was former President Olusegun Obasanjo and I told him that he failed. I told him to his face that he failed, because the fact that I was able to come back while you are still in office and there was nothing you could do about it means you have failed.
He said “politics in a democratic setting is a game of rules. Just like football, you can’t stand offside and say you scored, unless the referee is biased. I say the fact; you can only impeach by two-third majority, including the speaker. I was able to have 14 out of 32 members.
