The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has faulted claims by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the helicopter bought by the state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is on lease and generating revenue for the state, describing the claim as false.
The state Chairman of the APC, Mr. Gboyega Famodun, had on Monday, said the governor would not sell the helicopter which he said was bought for surveillance and now being leased to generate fund for the state.
Reacting to the claim, the Director of Media and Strategy of the PDP in the state, Mr. Diran Odeyemi, said the claim was a lie, insisting that the helicopter was being used by the governor and members of his family.
The party said: “The contradiction that the helicopter supposedly bought for surveillance is also on a business lease in Lagos in itself is a lie. The machine is being used solely by Aregbesola’s family.
“APC should bury its head in shame by claiming to have built an airport in Osun, when it is a known fact that the party’s achievements are mere propaganda.”
The opposition party also said that the state government had not completed any project since Aregbesola assumed office while challenging the ruling party to mention any project it had inaugurated.
Describing the non-payment of the workers for the past eight months as the height of insensitivity, the PDP said the statement credited to Famodun that civil servants were just one per cent of the population was callous.
“We wonder why the APC could not admit and state the actual Osun indebtedness which Semiu Okanlawon said was N44bn in a statement but which Aregbesola admitted was N104bn at Osun Assembly inauguration and criminally avoided to add up the N300bn loans contracted by 30 local government areas on his instruction.
“The APC should explain what has happened to billions of security votes the governor had collected. How much is spent weekly on helicopter, the Government House and Lagos visitors and other extravagant life of Aregbesola, who was throwing recharge cards and US dollars at Lagos campaigns.”
