Ajimobi alleges illegal withdrawals from Oyo accounts

Senator Abiola Ajimobi Governor Elect Oyo-State

Oyo State Governor-elect, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has alerted banks, civil servants and all stakeholders in the state to an alleged “last-minute looting of treasury” by some officials of the outgoing government.
He said the plan was for the officials to empty the treasury ahead of their May 29 disengagement date, thereby precipitating a cash crisis for the incoming government.
Ajimobi gave the alert in a statement by his campaign organisation’s Director of Publicity, Mr. Yanju Adegbite, in Ibadan, the state capital on Sunday.
“We are by this statement issuing a form of caveat emptor to all banks and other key sectors of the Oyo State economy to be on their guard as attempts are being made to siphon the wealth of the state by agents of the exiting government,” the statement read.
He further alleged that the outgoing state government had perfected plans of organising “phony and unsubstantiated” seminars and training workshops abroad for some of its principals, which it said, was one of the ploys by the outgoing government to launder the wealth of the people.
It alleged that there were organised plans to loot property belonging to the state government in the days ahead, preparatory to the May 29 handover.
He also called on civil servants in the state and other stakeholders to “shine their eyes” and report suspicious withdrawals from the state treasury and attempts to cart away government property to appropriate authorities so that “those who are intent on cleaning the state dry before their exit would have their nefarious intent nipped in the bud.”
The governor-elect appealed to striking doctors to resume work, assuring them that immediately he assumed office, he would look at their situation.
He promised that his administration would be fair to all.
But the Oyo State governor’s spokesman, Mr. Dotun Oyelade, has described the allegation of planned looting as “heartrendingly ridiculous that beggars no comment.”
Oyelade argued that the incoming government might have succeeded in having on their hands “a grandstanding alarmist group.”
He said, “Why can’t the governor-elect come out with a sublime policy mindset seven days after his victory instead of mediocre, weather-beaten unsubstantiated statements? This is a bad sign for Oyo State.”
By Olalekan Adetayo, Ibadan            Courtesy Of: Punch