THE Osun State Asset Recovery Taskforce on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 said its committee was not created by state Governor, Ademola Adeleke to witch-hunt anyone but to recover any of the assets illegally carted away by the political appointees under the past administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.
The leader of the Recovery of Assets who doubles as the Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaye said the committee will follow due process and the rule of law to recover the assets illegally carted away.
According to Igbalaye, he said the Task Force observed the following at its last meeting held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
“i. That due diligence should be done with a view to ascertaining vehicles/assets that were lawfully permissible to be taken home from those illegally taken away;
ii. That the Executive Governor had the prerogative power to allow any political appointee go home with his/her official vehicle, having served for at least a period of two (2) years and payment of some amount of money into the coffers of the government, and if the vehicle was less than four (4) years old, the appointee would pay 10% of the residual value of such official vehicle;
iii. That the approval granted by the immediate past Executive Governor for the release and eventual ownership of the official vehicles (kia cars) allocated to members of the immediate past Osun State Executive Council followed due process; and
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iv. That the letter of permission written by the immediate past Head of Service, directing political appointees of the immediate past administration to go home with the official vehicles allocated to them was, however, illegal.
Conclusion
Consequently, all government assets/ vehicles that are hitherto in the possession of the political appointees of the immediate past administration, which are not captured in the express provisions of the paragraphs ii and iii above, are deemed to have been illegally carted away, and such must be returned to the Osun State Government immediately.”
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