Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has described the administration of a former governor, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, as the worst in the state’s history.
Adeleke, reacting to Aregbesola’s threats to remove him from office in 2026 through a statement by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, in Osogbo on Monday, reminded the former governor that Osun is still suffering from the inhumane maladministration he inflicted on the state while in office.
He described Aregbesola as “a man who left a legacy of huge state debt, half salary, scam tablets and several fanciful, inflated, uncompleted projects” and described his tenure as “the worst in Osun history.”
Aregbesola, the interim national secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), said on Sunday, while addressing thousands of his supporters at Oranmiyan House in Osogbo, that his party’s immediate target is to unseat Adeleke in Osun.
But Adeleke said: “The empty boast of Mr Aregbesola about 2026 is a symptom of a troubled mind who sees wrong vision, who is battling his benefactor and who is haunted by the pains and suffering he inflicted on millions of Osun people through his evil policies and programmes.
“A man who should be remorseful and tender public apologies for his years of maladministration has the audacity to threaten Governor Adeleke, who is clearing the mess left behind by Mr Aregbesola after his eight years of anti-people, thoughtless leadership.
“Mr Aregbesola’s wickedness against workers, public servants, and Osun people knows no bounds while he wielded state power. A man who introduced half salary, misapplied the contributory state pension fund, and misused the state cooperative deductions fund should be ashamed of his temerity to attack a Governor who is now paying up the half salary affliction, clearing the unjustified debt and rehabilitating brutalised Osun workers.
