BREAKING: Adeleke Drops Another Missile, Fires OSIEC Chairman, Members, Gives Strong Reason
- A few hours after sacking 12,000 workers and ordering the dethronement of three monarchs, Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke has fired another set of workers in the state
- This is as the new governor barely 2-hours after assuming office, suspended indefinitely, the chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC), Segun Oladitan, and his members
- This sudden development was confirmed by the Secretary to the State Government, Tesleem Igbalaye, through a statement signed and issued on Monday, November 28, 2022
A report by The Punch has it that the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the immediate suspension of the Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr. Segun Oladitan.
A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Tesleem Igbalaye, on Monday, November 28, also suspended six members of the Commission with immediate effect.
Source: Twitter
The suspension was with immediate effect
The suspension was said to have been based on several petitions bordering on financial impropriety, dereliction of duty, absenteeism and abuse of office against the said Chairman and members of the Commission.
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The statement further read in part,
“The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Adeleke, has directed the immediate suspension of the Chairman of OSIEC, Segun Oladitan, and the following members of the Commission;
I. Mr. Yusuf Oyeniran
II. Alhaja Suibat Adubi
III. Prince Yinka Ajiboye
IV. Mrs. Abosede Omibeku
V. Mr. Dosu Gidigbi
VI. Mr. Wahab Adewoyin
“This suspension is sequel to several petitions bothering on financial impropriety, dereliction of duty, absenteeism and abuse of office against the said Chairman and members of the Commission.
“Pending the outcome of investigation into the allegations against the suspended chairman and members of the Commission, the Secretary to the Commission shall hold forth in running the affairs of the Commission.”
Adeleke's Inauguration: "I left N14b in Osun coffers", says Oyetola
Meanwhile, the immediate past Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has claimed his administration left N14bn in the State coffers.
Oyetola said his government successfully paid N97 billion from the total debt inherited in 2018 when he assumed office.
He said his administration didn’t borrow a dime anywhere in the world to finance the economy of the State, saying he successfully kept faith with his electoral promises since the assumption of office.
2-days to the expiration of his administration, Oyetola dares Adeleke, appoints 30 perm. secretaries
Legit.ng reported earlier that Two days before the expiration of his administration, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun approved the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries.
Names of those appointed were contained in a statement signed by the Head of Service, Dr. Festus Oyebade, on Thursday.
The statement said those appointed as PS would fill existing vacancies in the State Civil Service.
Source: Legit.ng
