A human rights activist and Chairman, Civil Societies Coalition for
the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS),Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi
Sulaiman has called on the President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari(rtd) to stop covering Osun State
governor,Mr Rauf Aregbesola from probe and investigation by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) and Independent Corrupt
Practices and other related offences Commission(ICPC) over satanic and
criminal mismanagement of the State finances since he came into power
in November 2010.
The rights activist also alleged that President Buhari has directed
the two anti-graft bodies in the country, not to take any step on the
heaps of allegations of gross mismanagement of the State, believing
that with time, those who are raising voices on the criminal
mismanagement of Osun fund accrued from the Federation Account by Mr.
Aregbesola would soon stop when the anti-graft bodies did not yield to
their request of probing the State government.
He however declared that Osun State House of Assembly APC 7-man panel
under the leadership of the Honourable Adegboye Akintunde had
concluded arrangement to give clean bill to the State governor, Mr
Rauf Aregbesola and stated that Justice Folahanmi Oloyede is not
mentally fit and all her allegations against governor are frivolous.
His word:”With respect to governor Aregbesola’s response to Oloyede’s
petition which the Speaker of the Assembly said he had received, the
governor once again ,in his usual manner exhibited his grandstanding,
disregard for due-process and trivializing matters of public interest,
His response to the many serious and verifiable allegations of
criminal mismanagement of Osun State’s economy contained in Oloyede’s
petition is so watery and devoid of any substance except abuses of
the person of the Honourable Judge(someone much more educated and
respectable than Aregbesola).His choice of language betrayed his lack
of decency and decorum. In fact the response questions are not
suitable for the exalted position of a State governor.Governor
Aregbesola should be ashamed of himself for sending response that
Primary Six Pupil that is preparing for Common Entrance examination
would not write as a reply”.
Addressing a Press Conference with the titled:”How President Muhammadu
Buhari is Shielding Governor Rauf Aregbesola from investigation by
Anti-graft bodies over criminal financial mismanagement”, yesterday in
Osogbo, the State capital, the group’s Chairman,Comrade Sulaiman
insisted that Governor Aregbesola should be probed in line with
petition of the courageous High Court Judge, Justice Olamide Folahanmi
Oloyede, calling for a thorough and credible investigation of
allegations of a deliberate and criminal mismanagement of the economy
of Osun State by the duo of Aregbesola and his deputy,Mrs Grace
Titilayo Laoye-Tomori.
He strongly condemned the Buhari’s position for shielding Aregbesola
from investigation, describing the development as anti-masses and
ungodly which was against the anti-corruption drive of the Buhari’s
government of not going to spare anybody including his APC faithful.
According to him, “Information at our disposal from Presidency
revealed that President Muhammdu Buhari has sent note of warning to
the two anti-graft bodies(EFFCC and ICPC) from investigating Osun
State government under Rauf Adesoji Arebesola because Osun case has
become the global issue which All Progressives Congress(APC) led-
Federal government does not want further damages.
“We are surprised that despite the fact that Oloyede’s petition was
sent to the EFCC and ICPC about two months ago, these agencies of the
Federal Government, under President Muhammadu Buhari, have refused to
respond to this matter of urgent public interest which led to the
death of many citizens from extreme poverty occasioned by the
governor’s failure to pay salaries pensions and cooperative deductions
thereby killing commercial activities and threatening the security of
lives and properties in the State.
“We are here today to further reiterate that we concur with Justice
Oloyede dispositions in the petition and support her call for the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent
Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to
investigate the administration of the Self-styled unusual governor,
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who has truly violated all the rules of due
process and accountability in the administration of public finances.
One of such disregard for laying down procedures by stopping civil
servants from performing their statutory duty of preparation of
salaries and contracting the duty to a consulting firm, called CHAMS
from Lagos in order to effect a satanic increment of wage bill of
workers and political office holders in the State from #1.3 billion,
when he took over in November 2010, to N3.6 billion despite the fact
that over one-third (1/3) of the workforce voluntary retired in 2012”.
“This posture can only be deduced to the fact that he is relying on
the State House of Assembly (his rubber-stamp assembly) and the
Presidency to cover-up his misdeeds s we are reliably informed that
Mr. Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo, is one of the owners of SLV
YEDITEPE, one of the construction firms that have only succeeded in
spoiling our roads in Osun State all in the name of abandoned road
projects”, Sulaiman added.
COMRADE ADENIYI, ALIMI SULAIMAN
CHAIRMAN, CIVIL SOCIETIES COALITION FOR THE EMANCIPTION OF OSUN STATE (CSCEOS)
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