The Oyo State chapter of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Abiola Ajimobi, the outgoing
Governor of the State, of syphoning state funds in his last days in office
through an alleged contract spree to his friends and family members.
Akeem Olatunji, the State
Publicity Secretary of the PDP, made the accusation in an interview with the
New Telegraph.
He also corroborated the
allegation of Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor-elect, that Ajimobi has
awarded a N30billion contract to create hiccups for the incoming administration
He said: “We don’t make
allegations when there are no evidence. In actual fact, we know that government
is a continuum and we are not trying to stampede the incumbent government.
Nevertheless, due process has to be followed in whatever is done. For the
governor to just wake up one day and start to dash out contracts to cronies, is
more or less a way of syphoning the funds of the state. About 33 excavators
were recently bought with almost N10bn for local governments.
“Aside from this, a situation
whereby within two months, more than N50billion projects were awarded by the
government calls for worry. Has the government completed the projects on
ground? When workers and retirees are being owed, where did they get the funds
to execute those projects? If it were an ongoing project that funds were
released for, no one will suspect any foul play.
“About N34billion excess crude
fund belonging to the local government is in the Heritage Bank. This is not the
time to spend such money anyhow, because the incoming government needs to have
something to fall back on. When government is winding up like this, the whole
thing becomes a bazaar with 10 per cent, 20 per cent being collected as
kickbacks. That is why we are warning civil servants not to engage themselves
in any transaction that can implicate them after the transition.”
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