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By Kola Popson
Just as the lovers and fans of the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, are still battling with the recent and what many call “unwarranted dismissal” of some of the Directors of government agencies in the state who are loyalists of the former governor, another person, Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi of Lagos State Electricity Board, has also been relieved of her position by the administration of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode.
Prior to this decision of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi was the General Manager of the Lagos State Electricity Board (LSEB). She has been instructed by the new Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to handover to the next person to her at the Lagos State Electricity Board with immediate effect.
Mrs. Ogunbiyi was one of those few intelligent people working with former governor Fashola. Indeed, this woman is known to be one of those few people that Babatunde Raji Fashola considered very loyal and effective.
It is on record that the sacked woman, Damilola Ogunbiyi, was project manager for the Lagos Island power project which was completed within nine months. Till date, the project remains the most quickly completed independent power plant in Nigeria. Before joining public service, she was a consultant for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) on their Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF) program. She has also been an advisor with the LASG tasked with assisting in the setting up of the LASG PPP office.
On a similar note, Naijahottestgist reliably gathered that many more people from the Lagos State agencies and parastatals would be sent off this week as a compiled list of them has been sent during the weekend by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. Similarly, we have reliably gathered that Governor Ambode will release an indicting document on the immediate past governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola before the week runs out. The document, we gathered, is such that will incriminate Babatunde Fashola in almost every aspect.
However, a question that has become worrisome and disturbing to people who do not only see with their eyes, but also with their minds, is that why is Gov. Ambode doing this? Why is he determined to bring down loyalists of Fashola in his government? Aside the fact that Fashola is an active member of All Progressive Congress (APC), his outstanding performance as governor of Lagos State was a contributing factor to the victory of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode in the last Lagos Gubernatorial election. Aside the fact that Gov. Akinwunmi voluntarily retired from the Lagos State Civil Service under the administration of BRF then, is/was there something else the public are unaware of? Well, time will surely tell!
