Oyo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Wednesday called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies to launch a probe into the circumstances surrounding the award and execution of the Lekan Salami Stadium project.
Oyo APC, in a statement by its publicity secretary, Olawale Sadare, Wednesday, said the call became necessary to unmask the brains behind the alleged fraud and making them to answer for their crimes
The party added that the call on the anti-graft agencies came against the backdrop of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) classification of the stadium as unsuitable and unacceptable to host the matches of the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) as the team prepared for their first continental engagement in the last 28 years.
Oyo APC in the statement regretted that the development was another revelation on the alleged penchant which the Makinde administration has for delivering substandard projects at inflated cost.
“Just last week, a portion of a road project which was commissioned by the governor in Bodija market a few days earlier was washed away by erosion.
“The development was not only a national embarrassment as it was also shameful and disappointing particularly at a time when the return of Shooting Stars to continental competition should have provided an opportunity for Oyo state to showcase its renovated sporting infrastructure to a wider African audience.
“Shooting Stars, who secured qualification for continental football after about 28 years, have reportedly chosen Abeokuta as their home venue for the CAF Confederation Cup campaign after the Lekan Salami Stadium was disqualified to host the matches because the current condition of the facility did not reflect a good fraction of N5.5billion purportedly spent on the renovation of the facility by Gov. Makinde,” APC said.
