Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke says indigenes and residents of the State have not forgotten the sordid and evil records of Former Governor Rauf Aregbesola when he was at the helm of affairs in the State.
Reacting to the boast by Rauf Aregbesola who is the interim National Secretary of the Action Democratic Congress, ADC that the Party will dislodge the present administration from the Government House in 2026, Governor Ademola Adeleke castigated the former Governor as “a man who left a legacy of huge state debt, half salary, scam learning tablets (Opon Imon) and several fanciful, inflated, uncompleted projects”, describing his tenure as “the worst in Osun history
The Governor in a statement through his Spokesperson, Rasheed Olawale said 2026 is a payback time when Osun people will punish the former Governor and his new party for wilfully inflicting pains and suffering on Osun people throughout his eight years administration.
He said the empty boast of Mr Aregbesola about 2026 is a symptom of a troubled mind who sees wrong vision, who is battling his benefactor and who is haunted by the pains and suffering he inflicted on millions of Osun people through his evil policies and programmes, noting that a man who should be remorseful and tender public apologies for his years of maladministration has the audacity to threaten Governor Adeleke who is clearing the mess he left behind after his eight years of anti-people, thoughtless leadership.
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Olawale said the Adeleke administration has paid 28 months out of the half salary left behind by Mr Aregbesola And close to 60 billion naira in pension debt, a legacy of this same Aregbesola.
He said If Mr Aregbesola is to accuse Governor Adeleke of non-performance, we await his review of the dualization of palace to brewery junction at Ilesa which he failed to achieve while in office. He should check out the flyover projects at Ile Ife and Osogbo and the dualization projects ongoing at Iwo among others.
He said Osun people know their present and past Governors. Our people are smart enough to know that the worst era for Osun state is that of Mr Aregbesola under whom many pensioners lost their lives, thousands of lives were disrupted, and the state plunged into unsustainable debt that is still hurting the state till date. No voter in Osun is ready for a return to the dark days.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
