The 48-hour ultimatum issued by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke for return of vehicles allegedly taken away by former Governor Gboyega Oyetola and his wife with some aides have started yielding results, as some of the officials have returned the vehicles.
Penpushing reports that that top government source at the Bureau of General Service of the state, revealed that those who returned the government vehicles include few former commissioners and others
The source who does not want his name in print said the affected commissioners were secretly returning the vehicles, and avoiding to be made public, adding that this might be the fallout of the Governor’s order of Sunday
“I was informed that one of the commissioners returned a Toyota Hilux yesterday. The person said he will return the official vehicle today. He said he was not aware that no law gives them the permission to take the vehicles home. Another former commissioner also called and promised to return the vehicle. The thing is that they are secretly returning the vehicles’, the source added.
Penpushing further reports that, it is recalled, the wife of the former Governor, Kafayat Oyetols had earlier faulted Adeleke’s claim, explaining that she used her personal vehicle as First Lady of the state and did not take away any government vehicle.
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Adeleke, Olawale Rasheed, when contacted confirmed the development, adding that the officials were now aware that there is no legal basis for them going away with government vehicles
“It is true that the people are secretly returning the vehicles because they are now aware that there is no legal basis for them going away with government vehicles, it is like engaging in criminal conduct’, Rasheed said.
Penpushing also reports that he emphasized that any of the public office holders who refused to return the government vehicle would face prosecution, adding that the implication of not returning the vehicles is that the state government will need to purchase new vehicles which he said will cost N3.2 billion.
“People should not think that we are witch-hunting. We are telling them to return the vehicles because we do not want to spend extravagantly when the state is still lacking development, we are still even struggling to pay salary, even if we want to spend on vehicles, it should not be too much,” he said.
‘The challenge is that the state government will spend almost N3.2 billion to purchase new vehicles for all the government parastatals. We are not witch-hunting anybody, many people do not know the implications”, he noted
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