PDP, govt bicker over alleged 90 missing vehicles in Osun

The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has called on Governor Gboyega Oyetola to return over 90 vehicles already carted away by top officials, including the office of the First Lady, the son of the governor and other top officials.

The party said in a statement by Bamiji Oladele, the party’s Director of Media, “We are compiling detailed petition to be sent to the anti-corruption commissions, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Independent and Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission. We are providing details of the sharing of exotic vehicles and beneficiaries.”

In the statement, the party said it had official records of number of cars, jeeps and other government properties already shared among the officials \. including ongoing raiding of key agencies for clean vehicles as parting gifts to leading officials.

It added, “We have documentary proof of about 15 vehicles with the First Lady, 20 top cars with the governor’s son, and about 30 variously shared to five other top officials. “We have records of about 30 other vehicles raided from some top agencies. In RAAMP, eight vehicles including jeeps, hummer bus and others were taken away. Other cronies including a professor based in Abuja also went away with a jeep belonging to a top agency.

“We have full inventory of all the vehicles including the plate numbers, engine numbers and their state before they were shared out. We call on those holding the vehicles to return them before November 26th.

“From November 27th, our administration will ensure the retrieval of the vehicles through administrative channels, anti-corruption agencies and criminal indictments.

“Any official with government vehicles should return it to the pool. They are not personal properties but for the statutory offices and subsequent occupants of the offices.”

But the Special Adviser on Political Affairs to the Governor, Sunday Akere, said the PDP should wait for its time.

He said, “Oyetola has the mandate of the Osun people to run the affairs of the state until midnight on November 26. Whatever action is taken, we will account for it.

“If anybody feels that there is any government vehicle that is missing, they should wait for their time. They should stop heating up the polity, and make it look like nobody has ever won an election before.”