Oyo State Head of Service’s Son Caught In ‘Ghost Job’ Scandal

The son of the Oyo State head of service has been caught in a job scandal.

Ayobami Agboola, whose mother, Amidat Agboola, was appointed in 2019, was criticised on social media on Saturday after a user said he promised to use his mum’s influence to secure him a slot.

Sulaimon Adesola said Mr Agboola promised to include his name in a list of “ghost workers” in Oyo State.

It is a fairly common practice in some states and the federal service for corrupt officials to use names of non-workers, widely known as ghost workers, to receive illegal pay.


Some corrupt Civil Servants and their Allies who finds themselves in top positions that recruits into the State and Federal services usually extort from the system with ‘ghost recruitment’ in which they insert names of non-existing workers into official recruitment lists.

These masterminds of ‘ghost recruitment’ receives illegal payment on behalf of the fake names that were inserted into the official recruitment list. The son of Oyo state Government Head of Service, Amidat Agboola has been receiving backlashes following a heated conversation that exposed his alleged involvement in ‘ghost recruitment’.

Amidat’s son, identified as Ayobami Agboola’s alleged involvement in a ‘ghost job’ was made public after he and a former acquaintance, Sulaimon Adesola got into an argument over the response of Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration to the Coronavirus pandemic in Oyo state.

While Ayobami insisted that Adesola’s criticism against Makinde’s administration was because he could not secure a “ghost job” under the government, Adesola fired back by stating it was the head of service’s son who promised to use his mother’s influence to secure him a slot.

The screenshots Adesola shared to back his claim compelled Ayobami into admitting that they had the conversation. The Head of Service’s son, however, denied being involved in a racketeering scheme and only egged him on because he was doing a pro bono work for him.

Below are public discussions between Adesola and Ayobami, that led to claims;

See the chats Adesola shared and Ayobami's counter-statement below;