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BREAKING: Osun Governor Adeleke Defies Court Order, Suspends State Chief Judge

by Folarin Kehinde November 16, 2023

written by Folarin Kehinde

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the suspension of the Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo.

This is despite an order of the National Industrial Court restraining the governor from removing or interfering with the judiciary.

A statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Thursday, said the Governor approved the resolution of the House of Assembly asking the Chief Judge to step aside over the allegation of misconduct.

“The Executive Governor of Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke, has approved the resolution of the Osun State House of Assembly asking the Osun State Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, to step aside the pending investigation of allegations of misconduct, abuse of power, corruption, and disregard for rule of law against her by the House of Assembly,” the statement said.

More to follow…

November 16, 2023 0 comments

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Jubilation Gone Wrong: Jubilant PDP Supporter Shoots Self in Osun

by Folarin Kehinde July 18, 2022

written by Folarin Kehinde

A middle-aged man identified as Sunday had on Sunday mistakenly shot himself while celebrating the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke, the newly Governor-elect under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).

It was gathered that Sunday who is living at Iraye junction of Ile-Ife was over joyous while he was with his friends around his compound to celebrate emergence of Adeleke as the governor-elect.

A source disclosed that, “Sunday went into his house to picked his gun which was loaded. He was attempting to fire a shot to the sky when he shot himself. He is a member of vigilante group but he was claiming that he belong to Amotekun.

“The friends who were at the scene took him to the an hospital in Lagere, Ile-Ife for proper treatment but he was referred to an hospital I don’t know.”

When contacted, the Field Commandant of Amotekun, Comrade Amitolu Shittu confirmed the incident but denied that Sunday was a member of the outfit.

July 18, 2022 0 comments

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Adeleke Wins Osun Governorship Election

by Folarin Kehinde July 17, 2022

written by Folarin Kehinde

The candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke has officially been declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election.

The chief returning officer of the election, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, in the early hours of Sunday announced Adeleke the winner in Osogbo, the capital city.

Adeleke of the PDP won 17 of the 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the governorship election held in the State of Osun, yesterday.

Incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), however, won in the remaining 13 LGAs.

While Adeleke garnered 389,984 votes in the overall results from LGAs, Oyetola who ran on the platform of polled 360,500 votes.

Despite having 15 candidates contesting for the governorship seat, Vanguard has reported that the election was keenly contested by APC’s Oyetola and PDP’s Adeleke.

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), there were 5,305 Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) and 332 Registration Areas (RAs) available for the election.

This was disclosed last week by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji in preparations for the election.

The commission also put the number of registration areas in Osun at 332 with 1,955,657 registered voters and while only 335,298 collected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

July 17, 2022 0 comments

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OsunDecides2022: PDP floors APC as Adeleke set to be Declared Winner

by Folarin Kehinde July 17, 2022

written by Folarin Kehinde

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to declare the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the just concluded governorship election in Osun State, South-west Nigeria.

Mr Adeleke, a former senator and younger brother to the state’s first governor, Isiaka Adeleke, defeated the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gboyega Oyetola, by a margin of about 44,426 votes.

Based on PREMIUM TIMES’ computation of the final results announced by the electoral commission, INEC, the PDP polled about 403,374 votes while the APC polled about 358,948 votes.

INEC is currently collating the final figures before an official announcement is made.

Meanwhile, there were 13 other candidates that took part in the election including Akin Ogunbiyi of the Accord Party, Goke Omigbodun of the Social Democratic Party, and the former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf, who contested under the platform of Labour Party.

The PDP’s Mr Adeleke won in 17 local government areas out of the state’s 30 while Mr Oyetola of the APC claimed victory in the remaining 13 local government areas.

The election was a repeat of the 2018 contest between the two politicians, reigniting old political rivalries between them.

The incumbent governor, who had served as the chief of staff to the state’s immediate past governor and now minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, had narrowly defeated Mr Adeleke in 2018, in a manner described by many Nigerians as controversial.

Saturday’s election, according to many observers and particularly civil societies such as Yiaga Africa, Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development (CJID), among others, was characterised largely by vote-buying.

July 17, 2022 0 comments