Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) on Friday announced that it would probe last-minute
transactions by Governor Ibikunle Amosun.
A statement by the APC Publicity Secretary
of the Caretaker Committee, Tunde Oladunjoye, alleged that the
administration had engaged in late awards of contracts, withdrawals from
treasury, sales of land and illegal recruitment of Senator Amosun’s
cronies into senior positions of the Ogun State Civil Service,
ostensibly to tie the hands of its successor.
He stated: “It has come to our notice that
the outgoing administration of His Excellency Senator Ibikunle Amosun is
busy with last minute awards of contracts, selling and auctioning of
government properties, and secret recruitments into the civil service in
a way to tie the hands of the incoming Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun.
“While we find these reported last-minute
awards of contracts, withdrawals from treasury, sales of land and
illegal recruitment of Senator Amosun’s cronies into senior positions of
the Ogun State Civil Service, very shocking, our party wishes to warn
the members of the general public that such hurried transactions would
not necessarily be binding on the incoming administration.
“We urge Ogun State’s top senior civil
servants not to be part of the desperate moves of the departing Governor
to undermine socio-economic stability of our State, by engaging in,
condoning or being part of any act that breaches or constitute a
flagrant abuse of laid-down rules, regulations and due process.
“It is our belief that an administration
with less than two months to handover, should, by now, be preparing its
handover notes for a smooth transition instead of digging pits for the
incoming government.
“May we also reiterate here that all loans,
overdraft and financial obligations that do not follow due process,
including the approval of the Ogun State House of Assembly, would not be
honoured. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.”
