The 20 Chairmen of Local Government Areas in Ogun State on Tuesday begged Governor Dapo Abiodun for forgiveness over the accusation of the governor diverting the statutory Federal Allocation due to them, after of one of them, Chairman, Ijebu East Local Government, Wale Adedayo accused the governor of withholding LGs’ allocations.
In a dramatic turn of event, the Council Chairmen prostrated and begged the governor for forgiveness.
The Chairmen led by the ALGON Chairman, Babatunde Emilola-Gazal, stormed the Governor’s office in Abeokuta, and begged for forgiveness.
A short clip of the meeting which has gone viral showed the ALGON begging for forgiveness on behalf of his colleagues including Wale Adedayo, who wrote the petition.
Gazal said, “Your Excellency, we have come here to beg you as a father that you are, as a father of all in the state, we want you to forgive us.
“Your Excellency, if you don’t forgive us, who do we run to? So, on behalf of all of us, I am tendering this apology and in particular, on behalf of Wale Adedayo,” Emilola-Gazal said, and subsequently prostrated alongside others, before the Governor.
Responding, Governor Abiodun in his remarks declared that he had always carried out his responsibilities as the Governor with “every sincerity of purpose.”
Recall that Adedayo had accused the governor of withholding the LGs’ allocations.
Adedayo lamented that LG Chairmen had been unable to execute projects in the last two years, and asked former Governor Olusegun Osoba to urgently wade in, and convince Abiodun to allow “the statutory Federal Allocation to Local Governments in Ogun State to reach each of them as envisaged by the 1999 Constitution.”
The Council boss also petitioned the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), calling for the investigation of the governor over alleged diversion of local government funds.
According to him, Abiodun has not paid a dime to Local government accounts as Federal allocation in the last two years.
