Our attention has been drawn to the incoherent response issued by the AMBO Media Fronts following the statement outlining cogent concerns about the public records of the APC governorship candidate, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, and the reasons he remains ineligible to govern Osun State.
Ordinarily, a political statement filled with exaggerations, selective memories, and recycled talking points would not deserve a response. However, because the ANBO team has deliberately attempted to mislead the public on key governance issues, it has become necessary to restate the facts.
It is particularly revealing that instead of addressing the serious questions raised about Mr. Oyebamiji’s public record, his media team resorted to compiling a list of diversionary questions about governance. What is wrong in raising questions about the service records and antecedents of someone who aspire to lead this great state?
After presiding over more than a decade of financial strain, half-salaries for workers, and mounting debts, the APC is hardly in a position to lecture anyone on accountability. The people of Osun remember very clearly the realities they endured under APC rule. Our people also now experience a performing and accountable administration.
Contrary to the noise from the weak response from the troubled AMBO team, the questions raised about their candidate’s public record remain valid and unanswered. Silence on such serious issues only deepens public concern. Mr Oyebamiji must come clean.
One such issue is the unanswered questions surrounding Oyebamiji’s role in the management of the $20 million World Bank-supported Primary Healthcare grant during his time in government. The opposition’s failure to provide clear explanations confirms the public’s concern about accountability.
Mr Oyebamiji claimed not to have had hands in the mismanagement of the $20 million primary health centre grant. Yet, he has forgotten and thinks the public will not remember that he was the chairman of the procurement board who directed that the agency should have no role because the threshold for the various contracts was low. He was corrected about the illegality, but he overruled the technical people and moved the illegal sharing of the health grants contracts to the State Executive Council. All the facts including minutes of the meetings will be released to the public.
The opposition has again attempted to distort the facts on agricultural mechanisation. The Adeleke administration approved 104 tractors to be delivered in batches, with the first 31 already in operation across the state. The APC administration prior to 2022 did not purchase a single tractor, leaving farmers unsupported for over a decade.
The feeble attempt of Mr Oyebamiji to dissociate himself from decisions on half salary has failed as pictures and signatures are all in public domain. Why is the APC candidate scared of his own past?
The response also claimed that OSICOL boss, Oyebamiji managed Osun assets and investment efficiently. We ask him what happened to the Osun estates in Abuja and Lagos. No response.
The candidate claimed not to be involved in the transfer of part of Osun shares at Omoluabi holding. We will soon publish an official letter in which he authorised the transfer of the shares and the lodgment of the fund in OSICOL account instead of the treasury.
Osun people would want to know what happened to the proceeds of Osun shares that were paid into the OSICOL account instead of the state treasury. That remains a legitimate question from a public interest perspective.
On Oyebamiji’s records at NIWA, the facts are there. Just google waterways deaths during the tenure of Mr Oyebamiji. Over 1000 lives were lost to incompetency and visionless leadership at NIWA. Mr Oyebamiji had no solution or answer to improving inland waterway safety in Nigeria. That is a fact, not propaganda.
A governor with such extensive achievements across all sectors was also not guilty of spending outrageously on his office. The public knows that the governor’s office has more than eight agencies whose total budget adds up to the budget of the office of the state governor. Only failed breed parrots fake news.
Whether Osun received one naira or the exaggerated one trillion is not a source of concern to Osun people. The public wants to see what public funds are being spent on. For the Adeleke administration, the public across towns and villages and stakeholders across sectors see the deliverables, the projects and the financial empowerment. The failed men of yesterday cannot fathom the huge success of today.
Of the 23 points raised by the Governor’s Office, less than seven were wrongly answered while the candidate dodged the rest. This raised more questions about the records, antecedents and suitability of Mr Oyebamiji for the governorship.
We put it to Mr Oyebamiji that aside from his administrative and governance weaknesses, he suffers an enormous democratic deficit. He is not a democrat by all accounts including the manner of his undemocratic emergency.
Since he was forced on his party, members of the APC have continued to defect to the Accord across Osun State, including notable political actors from Odo-Otin Local Government and respected leaders from Iragbiji in Boripe Local Government led by Oyetola’s kinsman, Hon. Kareem Afolabi, alongside numerous grassroots supporters aligned with the Adeleke administration. APC is hemorrhaging under the AMBO tyrant and his sadistic godfather.
Another democratic deficiency factor manifested today as one of those cheated at the primaries, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has headed to court to seek justice. As a confirmation of one of the 23 points, Oyebamiji and his boss now face a near empty house ahead of the election.
The 23 points remain facts unassailable,not even by infantile postulations. As we head to the campaigns, documentary proofs to back the 23 points will be gradually released to the public. Oyebamiji is unfit for the governorship.
The truth is that Osun people are more interested in governance outcomes than political noise. Workers now receive their salaries regularly, confidence in government institutions has improved, and sectors neglected under the previous administration are being rebuilt. Political statements cannot override lived experience. Residents will compare records, assess credibility, and choose leadership that offers responsibility, transparency, and results.
The facts remain clear, the Adeleke administration is delivering tangible results, while the APC record remains a painful reminder of mismanagement, debt, and suffering. Propaganda cannot erase these realities. The people of Osun will judge ACCORDingly, based on performance, integrity, and accountability.
Signed:
Adeniyi Oluwaseyi (ASP)
@Government Media Centre, March 10th, 2026
