The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has directed former appointed officials to return government properties in their possession within 48 hours.

This was made known in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed and obtained by Naijinfo on Wednesday in Osogbo.

The statement in part; “The directive was sequel to large scale diversion of government assets by top officials of the immediate past administration, Several official vehicles are missing while official records indicated that two third of former state officials left with fleet of car in their office.

“Most Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) were stripped of operational assets like vehicles, computers and even residential fittings. Residences of some top officials were equally pillaged even to lamp fitting”.

“Any former official who refuse to comply with the directive will face the full weight of the law.” The statement added