Give Account Of N90 Billion State Fund - Osun APC To Adeleke

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the state Governor,  Ademola Adeleke of running a profligate administration in his first one hundred days in office.

While cautioning Adeleke to stop rabble-rousing in government, the party urged him to get ready to account for any money he might have spent without due process.

The party recalled that Adeleke had laid claim to accountability and probity as the fulcrum of his administration during the inauguration of his government on November 27, 2023.

It also alleged that the governor, who through one of his executive orders, had stated that he had frozen all the government accounts has been spending government funds lavishly and frivolously on projects without necessarily reversing his earlier order on the government account.

In a statement signed by Tajudeen Lawal, the Osun APC acting Chairman, the party lambasted Adeleke for claiming to be the sole executor of some of his predecessor's projects.

The party insisted that the projects had been done up to over 70 per cent completion.

The APC chairman disclosed that if the people of the state have detailed knowledge of the various funds that have accrued into the coffer of the government within the last 100 days and compare same with his so-called achievements, he may either be stoned or pelted.

"Adeleke will justify his claim to accountability and probity if he gives an account of the following funds that accrued to the state coffer in the last 100 days.

"Adeleke's incursion into the political history of the state is a monumental failure which has set the progress of the state back by a decade.

"We task the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to urgently beam their searchlight on the Osun finances under the embattled Governor Adeleke in order to halt the looting spree."

The Osun chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier in the week described the allegation of N90bn allocation to the state in the past three months levelled against the administration of Ademola Adeleke by the Osun APC as a last straw gimmick to get back into the news.

The PDP in a statement by its Acting Chairman, Dr Akindele Adekunle described the allegation as a spurious and unfounded allegation by the defeated opposition party.