The Osun Situation Executive has officially petitioned the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee to research the speedy moment governor and wave Minister of Blue Financial system, Gboyega Oyetola, over the alleged misappropriation of a $20m Global Storagefacility fitness provide.
The federal government additionally accused Oyetola of cash laundering, monetary misconduct and violations of the Community Procurement Operate within the disbursement of the provide intended for fitness sector enhancements within the situation.
In keeping with an said booklet of the petition dated March 7, 2025, and got via our correspondent on Friday, Oyetola, all the way through his tenure as governor, chaired a unique Condition Intervention Committee tasked with allocating and making use of the provide budget.
The committee, whose participants integrated former govt officers corresponding to Remi Omowaye, Dr. Rafiu Isamatu, and Bola Oyebamiji, determined to importance all of the $20m for renovating 320 number one fitness offer centres around the situation.
In keeping with the petition written via the federal government’s attorney, Pelumi Olajengbesi, “This so-called renovation of number one fitness offer centres concerned construction, renovation and changes/restructuring of a few of these centres to deliver to score the placement of recent fitness centres. Having made those choices, the Oyetola-led committee determined to award the guarantees for the renovation.
“In flagrant violations of the above sunlit provisions of the Community Procurement Operate, 2007, Oyetola didn’t name for bidding as mandatorily required underneath the PPA, let unloved permitting festival which might have afforded the situation the most productive certified contractors to take care of the initiatives.
“Rather, the former governor in observing the provisions of the Act in breach, awarded the contracts to individuals who were either his cabinet members, head of one agency of government or the other, his proxies and cronies who claimed to have incorporated business names/inactive companies.”
The federal government famous that the beneficiaries of the promise allegedly integrated companies and not using a building enjoy, corresponding to meals distributors, salon operators, grocery store house owners, and internet designers.
Some of the corporations named within the petition are Poshpreneurs Nig., owned via the kids of the previous Head of Carrier, Olowogboyega Oyebade; Dotfam Multiventures Ltd, connected to the siblings of the previous APC Situation Chairman; The Ice Companies Nig. Ltd, allegedly owned via Commissioner for Native Executive and Chieftaincy Affairs, Adebayo Adeleke; and Afamoks Internet World, connected to former Amotekun Farmland Commander, Amitolu Shittu.
The situation govt alleges that the firms, missing the experience for building, done substandard renovation works era receiving complete promise bills, thereby chief to the misappropriation of the $20n provide.
At the allegations of cash laundering, the situation govt alleged that over ₦1.5 bn, was once funneled during the Osun bankruptcy of the Affiliation of Native Governments of Nigeria between January and October 2022.
The petition named former ALGON Chairman, Abiodun Idowu, Secretary, Olubisi Oladosu; 28 former native govt caretaker chairmen; and the previous Commissioner for Native Executive and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Yekeen Adebayo Adeleke, as key actors within the alleged scheme.
“In a alike vein, the federal government similarly laid its palms on some monetary data which obviously display a sunlit case of cash laundering of plenty magnitude via the moment management of Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola.
Monetary data cited within the petition point out that budget “were repeatedly transferred from the ALGON account at Zenith Bank (Account Number: 1016607858) into the private account of one Akeem Ibitoye, a local government employee and Director of Finance at Ejigbo Local Government.”
The situation govt alleged that withdrawals starting from N30m to over N10m in line with occasion had been made in money, and not using a data of the budget being worn for any legit initiatives.
On the other hand, Adebayo brushed aside the allegations, describing them as frivolous.
The previous commissioner who asked for extra main points at the petition, mentioned, “EFCC has now not invited me and I’ve now not obvious a booklet of the petition for me to grasp what it’s all about.
“If there’s no evidence, nearest the allegations are frivolous and of incorrect stance.
“I’ve bec6ome a torn within the flesh of Gov adeleke and PDP and I received’t be shocked if some baseless allegations are levied in opposition to me.
“Anyway, they think trying to dirty my white garment will make me keep mute about their fraudulent ways of governance.”