Bad road in APC’s front-page advertorial built by Oyetola, not Adeleke, Osun govt alleges

The Osun State Government has dismissed a front-page advertorial published by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nigerian Tribune, alleging that the road shown in the publication was constructed by the administration of former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.

The state government, in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, said the road was located in Mukoro, Ile-Ife, and not Modakeke as claimed in the APC advertorial.

According to the statement, the road was constructed during the Oyetola administration and was not one of the projects executed by the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke.

The government said it had attached the GPS coordinates of the road to enable members of the public to independently verify its location and history.

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“The road published as advertorial on the front page of the Nigerian Tribune by the Osun APC on August 4th was constructed by the Oyetola Administration. The road is located at Mukoro, Ile Ife, not Modakeke as indicated in the advertorial,” the statement said.

It added that the Adeleke administration had undertaken several projects in Ife and Modakeke, but the road featured in the APC publication was not among them.

“The Adeleke Administration has a number of projects in Ife and Modakeke. This is not one of them. The one we have in the area has not even been marked,” the statement added.

The government described the APC publication as misinformation, accusing the opposition party of attempting to attribute defects inherited from the previous administration to the present government.

The commissioner said the Adeleke administration had been carrying out remediation and corrective works on several projects inherited from the Oyetola administration.

“The Adeleke administration has been doing a lot of remediation and corrective work on several projects inherited from the Oyetola administration. The attempt of Osun APC to push its defects on the Adeleke government is therefore deceitful,” the statement said.

The government urged members of the public to independently fact-check the claim and verify that the road in question was constructed under the Oyetola administration.