Senator Ademola Adeleke, governor-elect of Osun State, has accused the incumbent governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola of taking money to Lagos.
Adeleke, who defeated Oyetola in Saturday’s governorship election in the state, claimed that the reason the Osun government is owing salaries and cannot pay pensioners is that a lot of Osun State’s money is taken to Lagos.
The governor-elect stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.
He said, “I said it before that paying salary is not an achievement; if people work, you must pay them. What you bring to the table to improve the economy, the IGR is what you can call achievements. When I was debating with Governor Oyetola, the outgoing governor, I said paying salary is not an achievement; have you improved the economy?
“What I will do is that I will work with pensioners, retirees; sit together with them and have a meeting. Okay this is the money they are owing you and everything. Why they cannot pay you is that a lot of our money is going outside; what I mean is that a lot of our money is taken to Lagos or somewhere. So I will block those leakages.”
Adeleke who was visibly emotional added that his brother, Isiaka Adeleke, died in the course of freeing the people of Osun State from slavery.