Return govt properties within 48 hours, Osun Gov directs former officials

Sen. Ademola Adeleke

Osun State government has directed former appointed officials to return government properties in their possession within 48 hours.

The directive, the government said, was sequel to large scale diversion of government assets by top officials of the immediate past administration.

According to a statement signed by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Spokesperson to the Executive Governor of Osun State, several official vehicles are missing while official records indicated that two third of former state officials left with fleet of cars in their office.

“Most Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) were stripped of operational assets like vehicles, computers and even residential fittings. Residences of some top officials were equally pillaged even to lamp fitting.

Any former official, who refuses to comply with the directive, will face the full weight of the law”, the statement stated.