The former Osun governor, Rauf Aregbesola, said the action and inactions of immediate ex-governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, particularly as it relates to the N18bn loan in dispute, tantamount to invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by his predecessor.
There has been no love lost between Aregbesola and Oyetola, both chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Their open dispute is believed to be one of the factors that cost Oyetola is second term bid, leading to the emergence of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The latter accused Oyetola of collecting N18bn loan on behalf of the State in the twilight of his administration after his defeat at the poll, among other accusations bordering on alleged intent to cause him(Adeleke) problems in office.
Aregbesola has distanced himself from the issue, saying he paid off almost all the loans he got while in charge, and imputing profligacy and other infractions that could cause problem with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to his predecessor.
The minister of Interior related all the aforesaid via a statement his media aide, Sola Fasure released.
It reads in part, “I will suggest that they look at all the loans and get to the Accountant-General of the state at Abere. I think the Accountant General or the Permanent Secretary (Finance) would have better information because it is the Accountant-General that raised a memo based on the query of Governor Adeleke.
“He is the most knowledgeable about the loans by the state as the custodian of the account of the state. They should count Aregbesola out of it.”
Continued: “I was not the one that took the N18 billion loan that was taken after the election. Oyetola took some other loans, including salary support from the Federal Government. If Oyetola had set up a transition committee and had cooperated well with the incoming governor after he lost the election, there would have been a smooth change of government.
“They would have compared notes and there would be no rancour. But he (Oyetola) was busy sowing mines on the path of the incoming governor, creating problems for him, and spending money with reckless abandon. What did he do with N18 billion? Now the new government is fighting back. If the new government takes the matter up to the EFCC, there would be problems for the Oyetola administration. “
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