Osun APC, Govt Clash Over Alleged N300m Corruption Scandal Claim
Osun State Government and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have traded accusations over an alleged N300 million corruption scandal said to involve a senior civil servant in the state.
The APC, in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, on Friday, accused Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration of shielding a female Permanent Secretary allegedly involved in the embezzlement of state funds
According to the opposition party, some political functionaries in the state had taken advantage of what it described as administrative hollowness in the current government to loot public resources.
We demand: what could have been the reason for the Adeleke administration, which professes accountability and rule of law, to be shielding a female Permanent Secretary who was caught to have embezzled over N300 million government fund?” The APC asked.
The party alleged that the state government was managing the case in secret, claiming that there was a discreet arrangement for the accused official to repay the money rather than face prosecution.
A government that claims to be above board would not make the corruption issue against the indicted Permanent Secretary a discreet affair,” the statement read.
It also called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigeria Police to wade into the matter, urging both agencies to ensure justice was served.
The APC also alleged that the implicated civil servant was the wife of a serving commissioner in Adeleke’s cabinet.
