Gov Adeleke to APC: Lie, we neither borrowed a dime nor spent N18b to renovate Osun Government House

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has dismissed as a tissue of lies the allegations by the All Progressives Congress that the Peoples Democratic Party-led administration either borrowed or spent N18 billion to renovate the Government House.

Adeleke spoke on the issue Tuesday through his spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed.

The APC had, besides blowing the whistle, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission to look into the finances of the state to curb alleged ongoing corruption.

But in a statement signed by Rasheed on the matter, he said the purveyors of the allegations were mere rabble-rousers.

The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in which it again repeated its lies about the Osun State Government having taken a loan of N10 billion to implement current infrastructure programmes across the state.

“We equally rejected fake news that the state government spent N18 billion on the renovation of the Government House.

“It is a figment of the imagination of failed men of yesterday.

“Rather than sponsoring falsehood, we urge the APC to accept it failed while it governed Osun state and it should be brave enough to commend the present government for succeeding where it recorded mass failure.

“We affirm once again that the current government has not taken any loan since inception to pursue any programme or project.

“The man, who granted the interview on one innocuous YouTube channel, lied and acted as a purveyor of fake news.

“Governor Adeleke had told the public clearly and on several occasions that he is not borrowing to pursue the infra projects.

“Rather, the Governor explained that his administration’s strategy was to block leakages, expand earnings and save for projects by opening a project account dedicated to the financing of the projects.

“The project in question is a multi-billion naira expenditure spread over time designed to bridge the huge infra deficit the Governor inherited from the Gboyega Oyetola administration.

“Yesterday, today or tomorrow, no loan is contemplated as the Governor has a sustainable investment and implementation plan within the confines of state resources.”

The APC had called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission to look into the finances of the state to curb alleged ongoing corruption.

The party said: “We want to use this medium to call on the anti-graft agencies, especially the ICPC and EFCC, to immediately move in their men to Osun State to halt the reckless mismanagement of public funds which is now endemic under the government of Senator Ademola Adeleke.”