He also said Governor Abiola Ajumobi would not be re-elected in 2015.
Raimi, who is a Peoples Democratic Party chief, spoke on Monday in Ibadan in a radio programme, Bull’s Eye.
Recalling how the former president suppressed the Odi crisis with the use of force, he urged the Jonathan administration to be more assertive.
The prevailing insecurity in parts of the country, he said, was because of Federal Government’s inability to assert itself.
He said, “There was Niger-Delta crisis during Obasanjo. There was Odi. But Odi is no more.
“Let Jonathan go and learn how to do Odi experience for the Boko Haram. Obasanjo removed all the militants in the Niger-Delta. Where are they now?
“They are just making noise today. The militants are nowhere now.”
The ex-SSG, who also lauded Ajimobi’s leadership initiatives, however, said the governor would not be re-elected in 2015.
He said, “The state government is doing well in making Ibadan very clean. He is reshaping Ibadan completely. But I have a grudge against Ajimobi. During the last Ileya, he did not give us rams. I do not know why.
“All former SSGs, governors, speakers are given Christmas baskets if they are Christians and rams if they are Muslims. Ajimobi failed in this regard.
“Such won’t ever happen. Ibadan people do not worship anybody twice. Ibadan constitutes 67.5 per cent of the voting population in Oyo State.
So, the decision is about Ibadan.
“It is not about doing well. Would you say others before him did not perform? Will you say the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo did not perform? Historically, it never happened. Nobody has ever had two terms in the state. I hope Ajimobi knows this. If he wants to break the record, he has my blessing.”
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