….Exposes withdrawal of N100m in a day
The former Osun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Adebayo Adeleke has sensationally revealed how N3.7 billion was squandered under the watch of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Barrister Kolapo Alimi.
The ex-Osun Commissioner accused Alimi of financial recklessness, noting that the document received from bank indicated how public fund was siphoned while heading the Ministry of Local Government under the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
Fielding questions from journalists at a special media parley tagged “News Point” of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel, held in Osogbo on Monday, Adebayo Adeleke debunked the money laundering allegations levelled against the immediate past Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, insisting that Alimi and co- travellers would end up in the gulag, going by sleaze he and others perpetrated in Osun.
Alimi, before being appointed by Governor Ademola Adeleke, had served the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s administration, as Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
Speaking on the level of financial recklessness under Alimi’s watch, Adebayo Adeleke further said that over N100million cash was withdrawn within a single day for no official purpose.
“Barrister Alimi was a two-term Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs under the administration of former Governor Aregbesola and this document is a statement of accounts that the Association of Executive Secretaries otherwise known as ALGON obtained while in office. In this document, cash of N3.7billion naira under the leadership of Barrister Kolapo Alimi as a Commissioner supervising the affairs of the local government was withdrawn.
“I will make reference to some pages, on the 27th of December, 2017 somebody by name called Jayeola Omoboyede who was the ALGON Chairman then, within one day collected cash of 600Million naira all in 10million each in six tranches under the leadership of Barrister Kolapo Alimi as a Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
“Similarly, on 28th of December, 2017 another person called Temilade Olokungboye who was the then ALGON Secretary, but now the Special Adviser to the current Governor on Children Affairs, withdrew cash of 70million in one day with FCMB account under the leadership of Barrister Kolapo Alimi as Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
“Also on 28th of December, 2017, fresh cash in 10million each was withdrawn same day. Similarly in March 7th, 2018, the same Olokungboye Temilade collected 10million, 10million, 10million 3.5million and so on, all within a day under the leadership of Barrister Kolapo Alimi as Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
“On the 29th of March, 2018 was a bad day for the people of Osun when one Omoboyede and Olokungboye collected 100million within just a day. What is funny about Temilade is that she used different names to draw public funds. She used Olokungboye most times and sometimes she used Temilade or Kaleed on and on like that.
“They alleged that we laundered money, but they have no proof. Now, we have their records. This is just a little one. They have started it and I can assure you that they won’t win the war because Oyetola that I know is a man of decency, probity, accountability and a man who is other name is prudence”, Prince Adeleke said.
