By Bukola Olasanmi
The Governor of Osun state, Ademola Adeleke, has denied withdrawing N5 billion from the state’s accounts a day after being sworn in as state chief executive.
He also denied awarding the reconstruction of the road leading to the Adeleke University in Ede.
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In a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Wednesday, he said the allegations being peddled on social media is a lie from demented minds.
“The public will recall that Adeleke had, during his inauguration, announced the freezing of all state and local government area accounts.
“That was done right at the venue of inauguration before he had any access to government’s records and finances.
“How can such amount be withdrawn from state account on the day of inauguration when the new leader had no access to state accounts?” he asked
He appealed to members of the public to ignore the rumour.
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Similarly, he said the attention of the state government had also been drawn to a report of award of contract by Adeleke for the reconstruction of the road leading to the Adeleke University, Ede.
He said the story is a complete falsehood and product of malicious misinformation.