The fight between the Minister for Communications, Barrister Bayo Shittu and the Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi has entered another round. Sources revealed to papermacheonline.com that their fight this time around has to do with the ministerial slot coming to Oyo State.

Ajimobi and Shittu are sworn enemies, though they operate within the same political party, the APC but they share different ideas, norms and values and they are always at each other’s neck.

Ajimobi was said to be instrumental to how Bayo Shittu lost the bid to become the Oyo State governor in 2019. Ajimobi hounded the Minister for Communications who depended heavily on his closeness to President Muhammadu Buhari.

It was revealed that it was part of the Ajimobi’s joker thtat played out when it was discovered that the Minister did not observe the mandatory youth service and he was disqualified.

An embittered Bayo Shittu vowed to gain his pound of flesh and after the results of the last election was counted and Governor Ajimobi was found among the losers, an excited Shittu celebrated the ‘downfall’ of his political enemy as he boasted ‘o ti mo nkankan’ (you know nothing) in the presence of party followers.

The coast is clear, President Muhammadu Buhari has cruised into victory setting the stage for another bout of contest between the two politicians.

A source stated that Ajimobi’s calculation is to lobby and place himself for future service when its time to nominate a ministerial candidate for the State.

The Governor’s plans is to use his influence and closeness to some powerful Northerners within the party to seal his interest.

Shittu on the other hand is also acting fast to talk the President into making him see the reasons why he should retain his ministerial position.

The calculation is that Oyo State’s ministerial slot would reduce to one after the state suffered a major setback by losing the Presidential election to the PDP.

Shittu is said to have put all the blames on Ajimobi in a letter sent to the Presidency. The Minister alleged that the Governor with his selfish ideas and bad leadership contributed to how the party recorded failure in the last elections, ‘he hounded the most important people out of the party, and he is not fit for any future role, remember he lost his Senatorial bid, that simply explains all he lacks as a leader…’ those were the tone of a letter sent to the party hierarchy by Shittu against Governor Ajimobi.

Shittu is exploring all available means to triumph over the Governor and you can recall Shittu has been an item with Ppresident Muhamaddu Buhari for years. He was with him in CPC, later ANPP before they all decamped together to APC.

Another politician labelled to have suffered the contest between Shittu and Ajimobi is KPMG topshot, Joseph Tegbe.

The APC political family cannot forget in a hurry how a 4-hour decision was taken and Ajimobi decided to hand over the governorship ticket he had already promised Tegbe to CBN Deputy-Governor, Bayo Adelabu who is now flying the party flag.

A teary Tegbe is said to have approached Ajimobi and while registering his displeasure was assured by the Governor to compensate him with the Ministerial position he is set to take to replenish his loss in the National Assembly elections.