Ondo state Governor-elect, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said his administration will not probe the outgoing government of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Mr. Akeredolu was declared winner of the November 26 governorship election in the State after defeating Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP and Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, who were his main opponents.
In an interview with Tribune, the Governor-elect said he has no time and won't involve himself probing anybody.
He said; "We have enough laws to get anybody to answer for wrongdoings but I am not interested in probing people. I have never had such an interest. It is a distraction.
"You will just find yourself distracted and spending money unnecessarily and you might not get anything from it. So, if you find out that anything has gone wrong, the laws are there."
The former President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, also denied any rift between him and the national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
"There is no issue between me and Asiwaju Tinubu. Anytime I know he is around, I will get to see him. It is clear to all of us that Asiwaju Tinubu has been spending little time in Nigeria these days.
"If he is around, there is no problem, I will visit him. I am sure you are aware that for some time now, he has been having some commitments outside of the country," he said.
Speaking on his relationship with the factional PDP governorship candidate, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim who many alleged was paid to cause confusion in PDP to pave way for his victory, he said; "Jimoh Ibrahim is a very good friend of mine. He is a colleague. We (Olujinmi and Akeredolu) are his tenants. Our office is on the fifth floor of his building. He is our landlord.
"We both went to Ife (then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife). He sees me as a big brother. We are both from Ondo State and we share a lot in common.
"If there are facts on the names or organisation that paid him, they might be able to defend that (allegation) but I know that Araba Jimoh Ibrahim is richer than I am by all standards. He would rather give me money for my election than me having to pay him.
"I know that I can't pay him. I know for a fact that my party can't pay him. So, those are mere speculations. Do you see Jimoh as a rabble rouser? He is a billionaire by all standards. Can he be bought? I don't believe anybody can buy him."
On his plans for the State in the next one year, Mr Akeredolu said; "In the next one year, I will have what I will call the flagship project, which is, back to basic; back to farming and to our rural areas. I have said that over and over again.
"I would see if we can access some grants and build our rural roads so that farmers and other people living in those areas can have access to the urban centres. That is one. Two, in the next one year, we will try as much as possible to attract a few industries to the state.
"In the next one year, we will try as much as possible to ensure that our free trade zone takes off fully so that we can have industries here and there. We will, most importantly, face agriculture with everything we have. We will attract foreign interests to our cocoa, palm plantations and so on. We will try as much as possible to encourage our farmers.
"We are going back to what we call cooperative farming. If you have groups of people engaging in expansive farming, I am sure that things will improve in the state. Those are some of the major things we want to do."
