I Downsized To Bring Sanity To Osun Dumpsite – Consultant
The consultant engaged by the Osun State Government to manage the affairs of the state’s dumpsite at Egbedi town in Egbedore Local Government, Mr Olalekan Abolarin has explained reasons he disengaged some workers at the site upon taking charge of the place.
Abolarin, the Director of Bolarin General Merchant Enterprises disclosed said the move is to bring back sanity to the facility.
Recall that OSUN DEFENDER had in its June 13, 2025 edition reported ‘How some sacked Osun Management Workers working at the dumpsite turned robbers and killed during operation’. They were by the operating of the Amotekun Corps in the state during a shootout in January 2024 at the Dangote Integrated Steel Rolling Mills, Osogbo, while on the mission to rob the facility.
Some of the sources who spoke with OSUN DEFENDER narrated that the disengaged dumpsite workers resorted to robbery after they were chased out of the site.
But narrating his own site of the story in an interview with OSUN DEFENDER on Wednesday, Bolarin asserted that the dumpsite has become a criminal haven before he took over its leadership. He said the government do not have records of those working there as they were not employed officially.
“On the issue of the dumpsite at Egbedi, I wrote a proposal to Osun Internal Revenue Service because from record, no one has ever generated revenue from that dumpsite. I took over the affairs of the place in February 2023. The task given to me by the government was to generate money and manage the activities of the place.
“Before I took over the affairs of the place, there was no security guiding the dumpsite which gave room for all sorts of criminal activities. When I resumed duty, I met a wanted criminal who is using the dumpsite as hideout. Drug dealings and cultism were thriving at the place when I got there. The place has turned to criminal haven.
“These are the things I cannot welcome anywhere I am working. Visitors coming to the dumpsite are no longer safe in the hands of those guys. I met about 69 workers at the dumpsite when I took over. In fact, majority of them have turned the dumpsite to home. They live there and there were different complains from the neighbourhood about the bad influence of these guys.
“But when I complain to the Osun Waste Management, they will tell me it is part of my job to sanitise the place. With their large number, the money we are realising on daily basis is ridiculous. The sell between N1,500 to N2,000 items daily. That is when I realised that we do not need the multitude. There was also frequent cult clash within the place. So, I called them and informed them that there is going to be a reduction their number not because I hate them but to bring sanity to the place.
“It took me three months to fish out the bad ones among them. There was a particular guy called Ijo, he stole goods worth N500,000 on three different occasions. He was caught by the security man. Many of them during the process of recycling will stole my goods and resell to me. They did this to me for more than six months.
“Meanwhile, the government do not have the records of those working at the dumpsite, they all walked in even the buyers were not registered with state government. I did not send some of them away to go into crime. Is just to bring back sanity to the place, I even invited some of them back to work with me but they declined while some left willingly to take up another work. Those who were killed for robbery have actually been doing that before, we should ask how they have access to gun,” the consultant asserted.
Refuting the claims that he is not remitting money to the purse of the government, Bolarin posited that he has been paying the sum of N1,000,000 to the state since he came in.
According to him, “Also, we have been remitting the sum of N1,000,000 to the purse of the government on monthly basis. Anyone can go verify this facts from the Osun Internal Revenue Service. I have the receipts with me.”
Yusuf Oketola is a trained journalist with over five years of experience in the media industry. He has worked for both print and online medium. He is a thorough-bred professional with an eye of hindsight on issues bothering on social justice, purposeful leadership, and a society where the leaders charge and work for the prosperity of the people.
