PDP Asks IGP To Probe Alleged Attempt To Illegally Pay Out N12.75bn Osun LG Funds

Osun State section of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called connected the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to probe an alleged effort by erstwhile section authorities assembly chairmen elected connected the level of the All Progressives Congress (APC) successful the State to illegally wage retired astir N13 cardinal of the State’s section authorities funds arsenic ineligible fees.

The party, successful a connection issued successful Osogbo connected Wednesday and signed by its State chairman, Hon. Sunday Bisi, said a viral leaked missive to that effect seen online successful which 1 of the sacked chairmen allegedly instructed a commercialized slope to wage a instrumentality steadfast 15 per cent of the allocation paid into a peculiar section authorities council’s relationship past week, informed its determination to rise the alarm and called for probe.

The PDP said it gathered authoritatively that the APC ex-chairmen successful each the 30 section authorities country councils gave the aforesaid acquisition to the bank.

“The full equilibrium successful each LG accounts is astir N85 billion. Fifteen per cent of that magnitude translates to N12.75 cardinal which these APC men wanted to wage retired arsenic ineligible fees. Fortunately, the Oyo State High Court bid of past Friday stopped them and their scheme,” helium disclosed.

He added that the ex-council chairmen utilized non-council unit members arsenic treasurers and co-signatories of the letters.

“There is nary serviceman designated arsenic treasurer successful the section authorities strategy of work crossed the country. Yet these radical utilized individuals who are not section authorities unit to capable the non-existent presumption of treasurer. One of those truthful utilized to motion the missive is simply a non-teaching unit of a backstage polytechnic successful Boluwaduro Local Government Area. It is shocking,” the PDP chairman said.