In a startling disclosure, Bisi Akande, the former interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has pointed fingers at “the government” for being behind the death of Nigeria’s former Attorney General of the Federation, Bola Ige.
During an appearance on Edmund Obilo’s ‘State Affairs’ podcast, Akande recounted a warning he received from his friend, Oluwole Rotimi, who had cautioned that Ige’s life could be at risk if he decided to resign from former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration.
Akande, who also served as governor of Osun State, emphasised that Ige’s decision to join Obasanjo’s administration was not a mistake.
He explained that Ige had the full support of Afenifere and the defunct Alliance for Democracy (AD), making his move politically justified.
Discussing Ige’s eventual resignation, Akande noted that it was a pivotal moment that seemed to have marked the beginning of his tragic fate.
“One evening, he called me and said he was going to resign from this government tomorrow. It was sudden, and I said, ‘Please sir, I will come back to you.’ I called Oluwole Rotimi, and this is what your friend told me: that he was going to resign from Obasanjo’s government tomorrow.
“He asked me to advise him not to resign because if he does, he is likely going to die—he said that to me on the phone. I called Uncle (Ige) and begged him not to resign.
“He said he had talked to Wole Soyinka and Bola Tinubu, and both of them said he should resign. But I said, ‘Don’t. You can go to Obasanjo, tell him what you are angry about, and if he doesn’t want you anymore, here is your letter.’”
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On Ige trusting Obasanjo, Akande said: “Since he was resigning from his government, I think he stopped trusting him.”
When asked who killed Bola Ige, Akande said:
“I don’t know. He was killed in Oyo State while I was ruling in Osun State. The government killed him (Bola Ige). It was a state murder.
“Lam Adesina, who was the Chief Security Officer of Oyo State then, went to court, and Ladoja withdrew the case from court. He might know more and be able to tell you.
“It was the government that killed him, and the government can kill anybody.
“Obasanjo wasn’t keen about Ige’s death; he was more interested in the stability of himself.”
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