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Governor Dapo Abiodun and the many fraudsters in the governance of Ogun State

It is not a coincidence that there are many fraudsters, criminally minded and corrupt individuals in the government and governance of Ogun State today.

When Prof Sidi Osho who was reportedly dismissed by the Ogun State owned Olabisi Onabanjo University secretly assumed office as the commissioner for education, science and technology in the state one would have thought it was a mistake.

Osho's dismissal letter went viral after she was nominated by Gov Dapo Abiodun as a member of his cabinet in December, 2019.

Of Course the governor condoned her until she was deemed not fit for the position in a State where distinguished people like Nobel Laurette Prof. Wole Soyinka, Prof Tai Solarin and others came from .

As if that was not enough, the commissioner for environment, Mr Abdul-Balogun was accused of attempted rape by a teenager in January, when a 16year old secondary School student, Barakat Melojuekun, accused Mr Abdul-Balogun of attempting to rape her in his residence on December 31, 2020.

She alleged that the commissioner fondled her breasts while reciting incantations, apparently to scare her. She also said her screams forced Me Abdul-Balogun to jump off her and offer her N2,000 to shut up.

The commissioner was later suspended.

The next in the line of fraud was Governor Dapo Abiodun's, Senior Special Assistant, Bidemi Rufai, who was arrested and is presently answering questions over $350,000 internet fraud allegation levelled against him by the U.S. government.

Rufai was arrested at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York based on criminal complaint.

According to the US Department of Justice, District of Washington, 42-year-old Rufai was alleged to have used the pseudonym Sandy Tang and the stolen identities of more than 100 Washington residents to file fraudulent claims with Employment Security Department for unemployment benefits last year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

One would have thought Governor Abiodun would have learnt his lessons with the embarrassment and the public outcry the criminal acts causes the govt but it is not so, as he is again trying to force another fraudster and certificate forger, OGUNSOLA ADESINA LANRE on the Obafemi Owode local government.

Investigations revealed that the said OGUNSOLA has promised to give 5million naira monthly each to Chief Kola Sorinola and former speaker, Tunji Egbetokun. Ofcourse , the governor can not do anything since he has a similar issue.

'Don't force a fraudster on Obafemi/Owode', Youth Group Cautions Governor Abiodun, indicts aspirant

One of the aspirants contesting the Chairmanship Position of Obafemi-Owode Local Government in the forthcoming Local Government, Ogun State Elections , Ogunsola Adesina Lanre , has been accused of forgery and fraud by a Group, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Integrity Youth.

The group which stated this in a press release signed by its Secretary, Tunji Adegbola , cautioned Governor Dapo Abiodun not to make another mistake of putting a fraudster and certificate forger as the Chairman of the local Government Council.

The APC Integrity Youth stated that , "the said Ogunsola Adesina Lanre did not posses any certificate or statement of result from the Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, as claimed by him, in the documents submitted to the screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress of Obafemi/Owode which went further to clarify from the institution.

This according to the APC Integrity group, can be proved with a letter of response from OOU which was signed by its Deputy Registrar, Mrs Y.O Ogunsanwo on behalf of the Registrar "indicating that the said statement of results submitted to the Screening Committee and for which clarification was sought did not emanate from the University".

The APC Integrity Group said the people of Obafemi Owode Local Government are well known for their integrity, honesty and sincerity, thus it would be a minus if a fraudster is made the Chairman.

The group also accused some power brokers in the Party of wanting to force the aspirant on the local government by presenting his secondary school certificate and withdrawing the contentious OOU statement of result.

The statement further reads, that leaders in the LG are against this, with a foresight that it would be another bitter pill for the governor if such certificate forger was made the chairman of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Council as experienced by the present administration in the past.

The group attached copies of the interest of expression form of the aspirant submitted to the screening Committee, purported response from Olabisi Onabanjo University, his Curriculum Vitae and the alleged falsified notification of result of Ogunsola Adesina Lanre stating that he has second class honour (lower Division) B.A philosophy studied between 1997 to 2002 from the then Ogun State University.


The end has not been seen if only to prove that the OOU statement of result is fake and a forged document, and that nothing good will come from someone who can present a fake certificate . Obafemi-Owode will resist all attempts to foist a fraud on us