Governor Ademola Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has stated that any payroll fraud found within the Osun State civil service system was committed during the administration of former governor Gboyega Oyetola.
Rasheed stated this when he appeared on Arise Television to make clarification on the issue of alleged N13.7 billion yearly payroll fraud in the state.
The spokesperson said the payroll that was audited was that of the former administration, adding that Governor Adeleke would not have contracted Sally Tibbot Firm if he had anything to hide.
Rasheed also slammed the opposition All Progressives Congress for alleging Governor Adeleke of misconduct, noting that whatever discrepancies found in the Osun payroll were done during the administration of the APC leader in Osun who is now the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy.
He said, “The governor engages Sally Tibbot and if the governor has anything to hide, he wouldn’t have done that and secondly, the payroll that was audited was that of the immediate past administration under Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
“So if there is any so-called N13 billion fraud uncovered by Sally Tibbot, it means it was a fraud perpetrated under Governor Oyetola. In other words, if there is a payroll fraud as the All Progressives Congress and the Sally Tibbot firm were saying, it is a fraud committed under the immediate past administration.
“What the press conference held by the APC in Osogbo on Friday meant was that the party was accusing their own boss of a yearly N13 billion scam which amounted to N52 billion payroll scam under former governor Oyetola.
“Governor Adeleke wanted to get rid of any fraud in the system and that was the reason why he engaged Sally Tibbot but when the firm came onboard, it was a tug of war for a year. The state was turned upside down.”
“Known state officials and staff members were declared as ghost workers. Many of them called leaders across Osun to save their souls. They eventually reached Dr Deji Adeleke from the church and several mosques to alert the governor’s brother of the plan to declare them as ghost workers when they are not”
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