Adeleke's Ally, Wale Bolorunduro, Was The Architect Of Half Salary Regime In Osun Not Oyebamiji - APC Lambasts Governor, PDP/Accord...Says No Amount Of Character Assassination Can Safe Adeleke's Imminent Defeat During Guber Election

PRESS STATEMENT.                                                 (12TH JANUARY, 2026)

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has berated the administration of the embattled Osun State  Governor Ademola Adeleke, accusing its political functionaries of suffering from dementia following its arrant and thoughtless statement which wrongfully ascribed the gubernatorial candidate of the party, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji popularly called AMBO, as the architect of half salary regime in the state.

It is a pity that the embattled state governor and his cohorts are so forgetful so soon to the extent that they find it difficult to remember that it was Wale Bolorunduro who is the Adeleke's advisory consultant on economy and former Finance Commissioner under the administration of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola, is widely known as the undeniable architect of half salary regime in the state.

It is a statement of fact that the Adeleke government is the worst in the history of the state based on its numerous verifiable monumental failures across all the sectors and no amount of defamation of character can safe him from losing the forthcoming governorship election in the state. 

The Osun State chapter of the APC, in a statement by its Director of Media and Information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, today, further cleared the air on the alleged modulated salary payments mischievously ascribed to Oyebamiji, expatiated that  Bolorunduro was the Finance Commissioner as at the commencement of the modulated salary payment under the former Governor Aregbesola. 

It is verifiably recalled and still fresh in the memory of the discerning people of Osun State that Oyebamiji was a Messiah who rescued Osun State from the scourge of half salary regime and returned the state to the path of full salary payment, vibrant socio-economic reforms and improved transformation of all the sectors of the government when he became the Finance Commissioner in 2017.

It would be recalled that Oyebamiji was the Managing Director, Osun State Investment Company Limited, OSICOL throughout the period that the half salary structure lasted  and only came in on appointment as the Finance Commissioner to stabilize the state's economy at the tail end of the Aregbesola government which he successfully carried out by stimulating the finances of the state and returning Osun to the path of full salary payments.

It is quite unfortunate that the current administration of Governor Adeleke is battling with dementia suffered from the myriads of political yokes that had engulfed the entire system. We are not surprised that the Adeleke government has shown clearly its incompetence and  gross lack of vision to effectively administer the affairs of Osun State  that is made up of sound and discerning minds.

 How on earth would a reasonable government state that a man without any blemish in the personality of our highly cerebral, marketable and sellable gubernatorial candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji popularly called AMBO, was the Finance Commissioner during  the era of half salary?

This is not only fallacious but it's far from being logical, it's unreasonable and it's  devoid of common sense. We are all alive as witnesses to the political trajectory of Oyebamiji as the Managing Director of  OSICOL, the position he held until his appointment as the Finance Commissioner in 2017. 

He was only appointed at the tail end of Aregbesola's government to stabilize the state's economy and ensure the payment of full salary to the workers, a task he successfully carried out before the expiration of Aregbesola's tenure. 

Oyebamiji was not at any point in time being instrumental to the modulated salary payment but instead God used him to stabilize the economy and ensure full salary payment immediately he was appointed the Finance Commissioner.

The recent statement in this regard by the government is nothing but a mere conjecture as it holds and conveys no message since the members of the public know the truth. 

Our candidate has been a man of integrity, dignity and faithfulness whose innate qualities and inborn virtues have endeared him to many people. We are proud of his impeccable track records. 

Oyebamiji's candidature has attracted so many people and earned our party a great commendation within and outside the party and we are very optimistic of winning the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State.

It is pertinent to tell Governor Adeleke, his government and PDP/Accord that their cry is not now, they will wail till eternity for their  malfeasance and maladroitness that they  have fraudulently injected into the political space in the state in the last three years. 

No doubt, your fears and intrigues are quite understood since the emergence of Oyebamiji as our party candidate. The entire world knows that Adeleke's government is a monumental and irredeemable failure.

 You have woefully failed the people of the state not only among the youths but across other  critical sectors.

As at today, Governor Adeleke's government has paralyzed and sacrificed the youth ministry on the altar of vindictiveness and political vendetta as it is not an overstatement to observe that nothing is functioning under Adeleke's watch. 

The Ministry of Youth has become a subject of ridicule, corruption and nepotism. Osun youths have been subjected to avoidable hardship that ordinarily a serious government would have averted judging by the humongous resources at Adeleke's disposal.

 As at today, ineptitude, corruption, impunity, gross partisanship and flagrant disobedience to the rule of law have become the order of the day under Adeleke's watch. 

But one thing that is assuring is the fact that the Osun people are watching and eagerly ready to send Adeleke's government packing in the August 8th, 2026 gubernatorial election. 

As a progressive party, we will not go dirty like the Adeleke government that lacks decorum and dignity, instead we will only remind them of their ills that are too late to cure as their days in government are numbered.

e-SIGNED:

Mogaji KOLA OLABISI,                                             Osun State APC Director of Media and Information.