Former Head of Service (HOS) of Osun State, Mr. Segun Akinwusi has stated that an alleged petition against him to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) masterminded by the state governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola will not deter him from criticising the Osun State Government.

The former HOS who described the petition as a trivial pursuit against him served both Olagunsoye Oyinlola’s and the present state administrations before his retirement in 2012 and has been a foremost critic of Aregbesola style of government.

Akinwusi in a statement in Osogbo on Thursday, expressed surprise that four years after his retirement, a cooked up allegation of Abuse of Office would be levelled against him by Aregbesola’s government.

“When a government chooses to indulge in trivialities, the end result is for it to be looking for scapegoats to cover its infamy. “Osun state economy today has collapsed, the debt profile has reduced the state indigenes to beggars and destitute.

“Recently the state government in its trivial pursuit sent a petition to the EFCC accusing me of “Abuse of office” occasioned by a befitting send-off organized for me on retirement in 2012 by unions in the civil service.

“It was alleged in their letter to the organization that I forcibly directed civil servants to contribute certain sum of money for me to purchase a vehicle and thereafter took away the remainder of the money so contributed.

“Let me state clearly that the decision to organize a send-off for me and the gift of a car was entirely that of the union leaders. Thank God most of those involved are still around to corroborate my position. At no time did I demand, request or force anything on any officer”, he stated.

 “If the government wants to indict me for any wrongdoings the evidence of which had been their greatest headache since my foray into politics and my tireless efforts to make this government truly accountable, they had better looked elsewhere”, he stated.