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The Osun State Government has denied allegations of infrastructure fraud, mismanagement, and diversion of funds reportedly levelled against it.
Kolapo Alimi, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, in a statement shared on Wednesday, said the Youths Initiative for Good Governance (OYIGG) made the allegations in a petition.
Alimi described the petition as a “cocktail of falsehood, conjecture, malice and reckless innuendo was assembled and mischievously dressed up as a petition to anti-graft agencies”.
The commissioner said the allegations made against the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Alhaji Kazeem Akinleye, and the Accountant-General of the State, Rasheed Olalere Alabi, accusing them of unlawfully diverting funds received from the Nigerian Government without legislative approval, are misleading.
BASELESS PETITION BY OYIGG: OSUN STATE GOVERNMENT REJECTS SPURIOUS, DEFAMATORY AND MALICIOUS ALLEGATIONS
OSOGBO – 06/05/2026 – https://t.co/1YelPm223E
The Osun State Government has noted with utter dismay the laughable, hollow and intellectually bankrupt petition reportedly… pic.twitter.com/sbK0DX3NTZ
— Osun State Government (@Osun_State_Gov) May 6, 2026
“These allegations are not only deliberately misleading but betray either a shocking ignorance of the constitutional framework governing public finance in Nigeria or a wilful attempt to misinform the public and malign public officials discharging their duties in accordance with extant laws and established financial regulations,” said Alimi.
“At no time has the Chief of Staff to the Governor, who is not the custodian of state treasury nor the statutory authorising authority for public disbursement, diverted any public funds, whether directly or by proxy. The attempt to rope the Office of the Chief of Staff into concocted allegations of financial diversion is as ridiculous as it is malicious.”
He added that the state’s accountant-general operates strictly within the confines of extant financial regulations, appropriation laws, treasury circulars and due authorisation procedures. According to him, every inflow received from the Federation Account and other lawful channels is processed, documented and appropriated in line with constitutional and statutory provisions.
“The claim that ‘sundry monies’ were diverted without legislative approval is therefore a dishonest fabrication designed to mislead the public and create a false impression of financial misconduct where none exists,” Alimi added.
“It is a crude distortion of public finance procedures by individuals either ignorant of governmental fiscal operations or wilfully committed to spreading falsehood.”
Alimi further claimed that the group are “hired propagandists” working to influence public perception of the state governor.
