From Richard Akintade, Osogbo
Anti-graft agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as well as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, have been called upon to invite for questioning and accelerated prosecution, the immediate past governor of Osun State and the current minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola over financial crimes committed against the state while presiding over Osun State affairs.
The PDP in a press statement issued on Saturday by the State Chairman of the party, Hon Sunday Bisi, also asked the anti-graft agencies to arrest all individuals involved in the wicked raiding of the state as contained in the petition by the state government to the EFCC.
The magnitude of the amount of the resources of the state carted away by officials under the Apc administration in which the former governor served as principal culprit and enabler according to the statement, was more than a fatal stab on the neck and the wellbeing of the people of Osun State.
“While we always knew there were sharp practices by the Oyetola led immediate past administration, the amount involved and the reckless manner in which the naked lootings were perpetrated was not only shocking but mind-blowing.
“The mindless award of contracts to serving officials under Oyetola appears to us just as it lays credence to our previous allegations that the defeated former governor was an encyclopedia of financial impropriety watching over some brutal cash and carry carnivores.
“The ugly withdrawals from the ALGON account into the stabilization account, from where humongous daily cash withdrawals were made by serving officials u.
