Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has blasted his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola, describing his eight-year tenure as the worst in Osun’s history.
This is in response to Aregbesola’s statement on Sunday
while addressing supporters of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Osogbo.
Recall that Aregbesola had boasted that the ADC would
dislodge the Adeleke-led administration from the government house come 2026.
Responding in a statement signed by his spokesperson,
Olawale Rasheed, on Monday, Adeleke said Aregbesola has no moral ground to
speak, accusing him of leaving behind a legacy of hardship, financial
mismanagement, and institutional decay.
“The empty boast of Mr. Aregbesola about 2026 is a symptom
of a troubled mind battling his benefactor and haunted by the suffering he
inflicted on millions of Osun people through his evil policies and programmes,”
Adeleke said.
He accused Aregbesola of mismanaging workers’ welfare by
introducing the controversial half salary policy, misusing contributory pension
funds, and withholding cooperative deductions from civil servants.
“A man who should be remorseful and tender public apologies
for his years of maladministration has the audacity to attack a Governor who is
paying up the half salary affliction, clearing unjustified debts, and
rehabilitating brutalized Osun workers,” the governor added.
Adeleke disclosed that his administration has so far paid 28
months of the half salaries owed by Aregbesola’s administration and has also
cleared close to N60 billion in pension debt, criticizing Aregbesola for
plunging the state into a cycle of unsustainable debt, which he said is still
affecting Osun’s financial health today.
The governor, while describing Aregbesola as a shrew who
doesn’t realize he’s smelling, warned that 2026 will be a payback year, where
Osun voters will reject the return of what he termed the dark days of
Aregbesola’s rule.
The war of words between the former and current governors
signals an early start to the political contest ahead of the 2026 Osun
governorship election.
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