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BREAKING: Ogun Council Chairman, Who Accused Gov. Abiodun Of Diverting Over N17Billion LG Funds, Released By DSS

BREAKING: Ogun Council Chairman, Who Accused Gov. Abiodun Of Diverting Over N17Billion LG Funds, Released By DSS

“Wale Adedayo became launched to me by the DSS a shrimp while ago. Many resulting from each person for talking up,” his licensed professional, Barr. Kayode Akinsola disclosed on Monday.

The suspended Chairman of Ijebu East Local Govt Assign of Ogun Assert, Wale Adedayo has been launched by the Department of Assert Services (DSS).

“Wale Adedayo became launched to me by the DSS a shrimp while ago. Many resulting from each person for talking up,” his licensed professional, Barr. Kayode Akinsola disclosed on Monday.

Adedayo became detained by the foremost police final Friday after honouring an invite following a petition filed against him by the narrate government.

His detention came a couple of days after he accused the narrate governor, Dapo Abiodun, of withholding more than N17 billion statutory Federal Allocation intended for the narrate’s local governments in the final two years.

The governor has furthermore been accused of being in the aid of the suspension of Adedayo by legislators in his local government.

SaharaReporters had reported that Adedayo, who made the allegation in a letter addressed to a inclined governor, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, stated that Governor Abiodun had furthermore urged the Chairman of the Motorway Transport Employers Affiliation of Nigeria (RTEAN) in the narrate, Akibu Efele, and some contributors of the Murky Axe confraternity based mostly in Ijebu Ode to punish him.

It became reported that the council chairman, Adedayo in the letter famous that there had been zero federal allocation to each and every local government house in the narrate since they bought on board in 2021.

Primarily based mostly mostly on the letter, Adedayo asked Osoba, to urgently wade in, and persuade Abiodun to permit the statutory federal allocation to local governments in Ogun Assert to attain each and every of them as envisaged by the 1999 Constitution.

Adedayo in the letter alleged that the trend of denying local governments their due federal allocations by the narrate government started throughout the administration of inclined governor Ibikunle Amosun.

On the opposite hand, Governor Abiodun denied the allegation, announcing that his administration needed to augment the funds allotted to local governments in the narrate to enable the council chairmen to fulfill their responsibilities.

The governor in an announcement by his Chief Press Secretary, Lekan Adeniran stated the local government funds were being handled by the constitutionally recognised Joint Myth and Allocation Committee.

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