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The former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on Saturday, denied that his administration left N407bn debt while leaving office in 2018.
Aregbesola who is now the Minister of Interior reacted to the statement credited to Bola Oyebamiji, the former Commissioner for Finance under the administration of the immediate past governor, Gboyega Oyetola.
In a statement by his media aide, Mr Sola Fasure, on Saturday, Aregbesola said the two major loans he took while in office had been liquidated.
He added , “They were the Sukkuk loans and the other was long-term concessionary facility by the Federal Government which have a long span repayment term.
“The deductions are minimal and they are not deductions that will infringe on the finances of the state.
Reacting to the controversial debt of N18 billion loan collected by the Oyetola-led administration, the minister said, “I will suggest that they look at all the loans and get to the Accountant-General of the state at Abere.
“I think the Accountant General or the Permanent Secretary (Finance) would have better information because it is the Accountant-General that raised a memo based on the query of Governor Adeleke.
“He is the most knowledgeable about the loans by the state as the custodian of the account of the state. They should count Aregbesola out of it.”
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