“Upon failure to retract the offensive publication, the state director faces a potential libel suit with a demand for five billion naira damages. This deliberate falsehood will have consequences”, the statement noted.
“Beyond this, we have come to learn, through the DMO document and StatiSense data, that the consistent claims that former governor Gboyega Oyetola reduced the Osun debt binge may not be correct. According to StatiSense data, which quoted the DMO as its source, the debt profile of Osun state when Oyetola assumed office in 2018 was N148.1bn and by the time he left office, the DMO quoted the figure of the domestic debt of the state at N148.4bn….”
