The Osun Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has pushed back at allegation that Gov. Ademola Adeleke awarded two companies with link to the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Akinyode Oyewusi, N9bn worth of road contracts.
Oyewusi(pictured) as per the State’s All Progressives Congress chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, owns Raregeode Company Limited and Acumen Forte Limited, two companies Adeleke awarded road construction contracts to the tune of N9bn.
This, Lawal said, is in gross violation of extant law, and 2015 Public Procurement Law, and went to call on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to beam searchlight on the supposedly underhand deal also said to have been inflated.
Reacting to the charge, Osun PDP chairman, Mr Sunday Bisi, said Oyewusi had resigned his directorship of the companies before the award saying, “It is on record that at the time when Raregeode Company Limited and Acumen Forte Limited won the bid and were awarded contracts for the various projects, the Deputy Speaker, Akinyode Oyewusi has ceased to have any role in the two companies.
“The public is advised to note the March 20, 2023, resignation letter of Oyewusi, relinquishing control over the two companies in line with the provisions of the law. As long as he has resigned his interest in the company, there is no encumbrance or illegality on the side of the Deputy Speaker.”
