“My attention has been drawn to the interview of Mr Raji Fashola, where he stated that the legal team that filed the case of impeachment proceeding of Senator Rashidi Ladoja, the then Governor of Oyo State at Oyo State High Court was constituted in Lagos State.
“Mr Fashola refused to mention the names of the said lawyers. He further stated that the case that was filed by these lawyers got to the Supreme Court. This is a distortion of fact.
“For record purpose, I, Rt. Hon. Adeolu Abraham Adeleke, as the then Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, instituted the first case on the impeachment proceedings at the Oyo State High Court, which got to the Supreme Court.
“I was represented in the state High Court by Chief Niyi Akintola, SAN, and Barr. Bayo Shittu and Barr. Akinyele Sanyaolu. My legal team was constituted in Ibadan not in Lagos State as stated by Mr Raji Fashola.
“Gov. Ladoja even joined the case that got him reinstated at the Court of Appeal. Yusuf Alli filed Ladoja’s case at the Court of Appeal.
“To the best of my knowledge, no other case was filed in Ibadan on the impeachment proceedings other than the one that I did. This fact is stated to help Mr Fashola to write a factual memoir.
“Furthermore, Mr Fashola said that Gov. Ladoja lost his re-election bid after his reinstatement. This is another goof by Fashola. Sen. Ladoja never re-contested at that time.
“I strongly advise Fashola to always have his facts before going to the public. Facts are sacred, only comments are free. This much should be known to Fashola who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria,” Adeleke said.
