Oyo State governor-elect, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, yesterday urged banks and civil servants to report last-minute transactions by the outgoing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration.
He alleged that the transactions were aimed at fleecing the state of huge funds.
In a statement by the Director of Publicity of the Senator Abiola Ajimobi Campaign Organisation, Mr Yanju Adegbite, the governor-elect alleged that the outgoing administration was making clandestine plans to plunder the state through phony overseas training and looting of government property to cause cash drought for the incoming administration.
The statement reads: "We are, by this statement, issuing a form of caveat emptor to all banks and other key sectors of the Oyo State economy to be on their guard as attempts are being made to siphon the wealth of the state by agents of the exiting government."
The governor-elect urged civil servants and other stakeholders to be watchful and report suspicious withdrawals from the treasury and attempts to cart away government property to appropriate authorities so that "those who are intent on milking the state dry before their exit would have their nefarioous intent nipped in the bud".
Ajimobi appealed to striking doctors to return to work, assuring them that he would look into their demands as soon as he takes the mantle of leadership.
He promised that his administration would be fair to all.
But Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala dismissed the allegation, saying it was ridiculous.
A statement by his Special Adviser on Public Communications, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said: "The statement credited to the governor-elect that the present administration plans to loot the treasury before May 29 is so heartrendingly ridiculous that it beggars no comment.
"May be as many have suspected, we have a grandstanding, alarmist group on our hands. Why can’t the governor-elect come out with a sublime policy mindset a clear seven days after his victory, instead of the mediocre, weather-beaten unsubstantiated statements.
"This is a bad sign for Oyo State."
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Ajimobi alerts banks to alleged plans to loot treasury
Ajimobi alerts banks to alleged plans to loot treasury
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Monday, May 02, 2011
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It's really funny,am short of words. But really,how did the governor elect get to know about this?
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