Some officials who served under former Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola, have returned government vehicles that they allegedly took away illegally, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.

Governor Ademola Adeleke had on Sunday issued a 48-hours ultimatum to Mr Oyetola, his wife, Kafayat Oyetola and some officials of his administration to return the vehicles or face criminal charges.

Before Mr Ademola issued the warning, Mr Oyetola’s wife had said she used her personal vehicle as First Lady of the state and did not take away any government vehicle.

But while defending his former officials, Mr Oyetola said he gave out the vehicles to them in appreciation of their service to the state.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state also said the former governor and his officials are entitled to keep the vehicles in line with the laws of the state.

However, a top official at the Bureau of General Service of the state, who requested not to be named because he has no authority to make public statements on behalf of the agency, told our reporter on Tuesday that some of the officials have returned the government vehicles in their possession.

The source, who refused to mention their names, said they include a few of the former commissioners.

“The commissioners are silently returning the vehicles, I think it must have been as a result of the 48 hours the governor gave them,” the source said.

“I was informed that one of the commissioners returned a Toyota Hilux yesterday. The person said he will return the official vehicle today. He said he was not aware that no law gives them the permission to take the vehicles home,” the source added.

“Another former commissioner also called and promised to return the vehicle. The thing is that they are secretly returning the vehicles.”

When contacted, Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to Governor Adeleke, confirmed the development.

“It is true that the people are secretly returning the vehicles because they are now aware that there is no legal basis for them going away with government vehicles, it is like engaging in criminal conduct,” the governor’s spokesperson said.

Mr Rasheed stressed that any of the public office holders who refused to return the government vehicle by Wednesday would face prosecution.

The governor’s spokesperson explained that the implication of not returning the vehicles is that the state government will need to purchase new vehicles which he said will cost N3.2 billion.

“People should not think that we are witch-hunting. We are telling them to return the vehicles because we do not want to spend extravagantly when the state is still lacking development, we are still even struggling to pay salary, even if we want to spend on vehicles, it should not be too much,” he said.

“The challenge is that the state government will spend almost N3.2 billion to purchase new vehicles for all the government parastatals. We are not witch-hunting anybody, many people do not know the implications.”

State pension law
Meanwhile, the extant law of the state on pension, severance package and other fringe benefits for public office holders does not indicate that a public office holder can go home with government property.

The “State of Osun Public Office Holders (Payment of Pension and Severance Package)” was signed into law by former Governor Oyetola on 3 June, 2019.

Section 2 subsection 1(ii) of the law states that:

“A duly elected or appointed public office holder shall upon the successful completion of his term:

(a) In the case of Governor, the Deputy Governor and Members of the House of Assembly be entitled to a severance gratuity, and

(b) In the case of members of the cabinet and members of statutory bodies be entitled to a one-off severance package.

Provided that such person had not been impeached or removed from office for breach of any provision of the constitution.

(2) The sum payable as pension and or severance package under the provisions of this law shall be charged upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the state.

(3) The total emolument of public office holders shall include salary, allowances and fringe benefits as contained in the schedule to this law.

(4) Subject to the provisions of section 124 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the pension and severance package mentioned in this law shall be payable at the expiration of the tenure of the holder of the office.


(5) Where the public office holder vacates office before the expiration of the term of his office for reasons other than impeachment or breach or any provision of the constitution, he shall be paid pension and or severance on a pro-rata basis for the number of years he held such office.

(6) Where a public office holder dies in office before the expiration of his tenure, his family or beneficiaries shall be paid death benefits on a pro-rata basis.”

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/572661-former-osun-officials-return-government-vehicles-after-adelekes-warning.html

That is how APC will suck Nigerians dry and tell you to Shut up your mouth...if Nigerians refuse to vote another party in 2023.

Dem no born them well not to return the remaining utility vehicles to the government. The vehicles belonged to Osun State government. It’s Osun State government properties.

If you want to be useless in life,I mean real useless in life.Just support APC

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When Jonathan was leaving office, so many people went away with exotic cars, Mercedes benz s class, land cruisers, hilux, prados etc

He should have made them to pay some percentage of the depreciation value while they keep it

The returned cars might be in a terrible state, as government officials use official vehicles roughly

APC=looting

I thought they said those cars were gifts from Tinubu during his 69th birthday. APC and manipulations are 5 and 6. Adeleke just spent a month,APC don almost use propaganda finish him,but we citizens now know better. The type of propaganda they used on Jonathan that made Yoruba to hate him won't work anymore. We now know better. A ti soji

APC and crime na twin brother.
No wonder they now have a drug barron and Boko Haram commander as their next in command. But God go disappoint them

Corruption is real. Hope Adeleke and his appointees will not do likewise @ the end of their own tenure too?

Racoon:
Corruption is real. Hope Adeleke and his appointees will not do likewise @ the end of their own tenure too?

nope they will never do such a thing. Government properties is government properties.

Racoon:
Corruption is real. Hope Adeleke and his appointees will not do likewise @ the end of their own tenure too?

I conducted election in osun where he is now presently in office.


Davido father told him that, if he takes one penny from government treasury, him Davido father will be the first to call him a criminal for stealing government money.. reasons been that, he is not hungry and if it is money, he has all the money already, as he walks into that place, he should work and work.. that all

All these old greedy fools.

Better return the car before Èdùmàrè punish all of una & una children & una children children, even to the 7th generation.

Stoopid old fools; people’s parents.

I wonder the kind of home training they give their children.

Old fools

blazesam:



I conducted election in osun where he is now presently in office.


Davido father told him that, if he takes one penny from government treasury, him Davido father will be the first to call him a criminal for stealing government money.. reasons been that, he is not hungry and if it is money, he has all the money already, as he walks into that place, he should work and work.. that all

I believe you, bro.

Adeleke is down to work, but that Oyetola & his loyalists, na tiff dem come tiff.

blazesam:



I conducted election in osun where he is now presently in office.


Davido father told him that, if he takes one penny from government treasury, him Davido father will be the first to call him a criminal for stealing government money.. reasons been that, he is not hungry and if it is money, he has all the money already, as he walks into that place, he should work and work.. that all

of course the people’s Governor, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke has been working for the past 30 days. It’s a good thing here. Pdp wins all the 26 states house of Assembly on March 11th and the 3 senate seats including the 9 federal representative seats on February 25th, 2023 election. Osun State is 100% Pdp

shame

So the werey been dey fear the new governor

This is how responsible government starts..

Imagine loosing those vehicle every four years and borrow to buy new ones..

God bless you sir..

And to jamboree president and also minister of petroleum who could not prevent fuel scarcity..... SHAME!!!!!!!!

Leprosy to every hand dat WI want to vote apc again

Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeke ooo

They are afraid

demented thieves

APC..... OLE!!!!.... SHA.. SHA... SHA.... SHAME!!!!!!

Commissioner not aware the law that govern his code and conduct / law of the state in which he is part of executive cabinet.



Why won't Nigeria become a lawless and by extension failed state.

Omihanifa:
When Jonathan was leaving office, so many people went away with exotic cars, Mercedes benz s class, land cruisers, hilux, prados etc

What's the relationship topic with what you just gibbered or is your system configured to allow abnormally and corruption because your party or tribe is involved?

blazesam:



I conducted election in osun where he is now presently in office.


Davido father told him that, if he takes one penny from government treasury, him Davido father will be the first to call him a criminal for stealing government money.. reasons been that, he is not hungry and if it is money, he has all the money already, as he walks into that place, he should work and work.. that all

Lamba

Thats the kind of criminals tinubu bread. Oyetola is tinubus lap dog who does the dirty jobs for him.