How Govorner Ajimobi Bathed Corpses Abroad to See Himself Through School

Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi, on Tuesday, disclosed that one of the jobs he picked up while schooling abroad in 1973 was to washed corpses.

Governor Ajimobi made the disclosure while speaking at a South-West Youths Regional Summit in Osogbo.

The governor, while urging the youth to have a positive mindset toward hard work, said he spent eight years abroad washing dead bodies to survive.

He further revealed that his parents only sent him 30 dollars all through his stay abroad, adding that he had to look for a way to survive, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports.

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”I left Nigeria in 1963 to study abroad, but throughout my stay there, I was washing dead bodies to support myself to go to school.

When ever I got home from work, I will be weeping, remembering the number of dead bodies I washed. My boss at work then said I should not be afraid or fear, adding that such feeling is normal for first comers.

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He encouraged me to always see those dead bodies as iced fish. But against all odds, I survived and that is why I am urging youths to see hard work as the only way to success.

I am saying this to challenge the youth of our next generation not to give up. This is our chance as youths and as Yorubas to come together to chart a successful pathway for the country.”

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Governor Ajimobi is married to Florence Ajimobi. The couple who tied the knot in 1980, are blessed with four daughters and a son.

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