Governor of Osun State Ademola Adeleke has reiterated that President Bola Tinubu is incapable of endorsing the plundering of public property.
In reaction to the accusations made by the Osun All Progressives Congress, or APC, against the recently released White Paper, he remarked.
State leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged President Bola Tinubu and law enforcement to free the state from the anarchist grip of Governor Adeleke and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which is in power.
Recall that on January 18, 2024, the Osun State Government released a White Paper about traditional rulers and the possible return of public property that political appointees from the Adegboyega Oyetola government were said to have taken.
According to Governor Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, “the President has always commended him for clearing the mess he met in Osun, while also emphasizing that President Tinubu abhors looting of public assets.
“I have interacted with President Tinubu a lot of times, and I know he appreciates my effort in cleaning the many messes I encountered in Osun.
“From the actions of the President, he has shown he is a man of due process and, as such, will never support looting of public assets. It’s now unfortunate that Osun APC is showing acts that are contrary to the President’s style of governance
“Moreso, when our government first started, I established an Asset Recovery Committee and informed the majority of people who owned government properties that they needed to surrender them.
“As requested by the good people of the state, this is the committee’s report that I am currently acting upon.”
Despite claiming to be impartial in his governance of the state, Governor Adeleke said that he has not brought any political opponent before the anti-graft agency, even in situations where there were obvious grounds to do so.
Adeleke cautioned that his administration will spare no effort to retrieve all stolen public assets, even as he pleaded with the state’s appointees of the former administration to restore all assets in their custody.
