Barely 24 hours after his inauguration as governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke approved the sack of 12,000 workers and also ordered the dethronement of three monarchs.
Similarly, Governor Adeleke nullified the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries and suspended the chairman and members of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC).
The affected monarchs include Akinrun of Ikinrun Oba Yinusa Akadiri; Aree of Ire Oba Ademola Oluponle(the immediate past chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the state) and Owa of Igbajo, Oba Gboyega Famodun. While Akinrun and Owa are first class, the Iree monarch is second class.
The governor gave a marching order to security operatives to take over their palaces.
Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, announced the government’s decisions in a statement Monday in Osogbo.
He said the new governor signed the Executive orders which covered chieftaincy matters, appointments issues, setting up of…
