Tag: Osun State

Osun: Election Petition Tribunal to deliver judgment on Adeleke vs Oyetola case Friday

Aminu Imam

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, the State capital will on Friday, January 27 deliver its judgment on the matter. Parties involved in the suit confirmed the tribunal communicated the date to them yesterday, even as the notice has heightened anxiety in different quarters. The 180 days stipulated in the Electoral Act within which to hear the petition is expected to lapse on January 31, 2023. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, had filed a petition at the tribunal challenging the declaration of…

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Osun: Newly sworn-in Governor, Adeleke, reverses predecessor’s appointments, freezes State Accounts

Aminu Imam

Newly sworn-in Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has reversed all appointments made in the State at the twilight of the previous administration by his predecessor, Adegboyega Oyetola, from July 7, 2022, till he left office. The Governor, who was sworn-in yesterday, also ordered the immediate freezing of all accounts of the State with immediate effect. He said he would raise a committee to review all appointments and make recommendations. Speaking after taking his oath of office at the Osogbo City Stadium, Adeleke said he was aware of the expectations of…

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Osun: Governor-Elect, Adeleke, warns Oyetola against ‘looting’ of Govt assets

Aminu Imam

The governor-elect of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has cautioned the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola, against the “diversion and looting of government assets and public properties”. The governor-elect made this known in an issued statement signed by his spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, yesterday. Adeleke alleged that Oyetola and his allies were making moves to convert public properties to private ownership and bankrupt state finances ahead of change of government. The statement read in part: “The attention of the office of the Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been drawn…

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Osun Election: PMB congratulates Adeleke, says people’s will must be respected

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, following the victory of the party in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. The President’s congratulatory message was conveyed in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, yesterday in Abuja. President Buhari expressed conviction that with the election over, the people of Osun State had expressed their will through the ballot, saying that the will of the people must always matter and must be respected in a democracy. According to the President, the successful…

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Osun Election: “Those who catapulted Ige’s destroyers to prominence justly served” – Soyinka

Aminu Imam

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, said those who conspired to catapult the Late Chief Bola Ige’s destroyers to unmerited national prominence have been justly served by the outcome of the Osun State governorship election. Recall that Ademola Adeleke, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defeated the incumbent governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to emerge the winner of the State’s governorship election, which was held on Saturday. Reacting to the ruling party’s loss in an issued statement yesterday, Soyinka said the voice of Ajibola Ige, slain Minister of Justice, resounded from beyond…

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#OsunDecides2022: PDP’s Adeleke leading Oyetola with over 10,000 votes on INEC’s portal

Aminu Imam

…As results trickle in from polling units Results trickling in from across polling units in yesterday’s governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is currently in the early lead. According to the results released so far yesterday, Sen. Adeleke put up a strong performance in areas controlled by the ruling APC, especially in Ife and Osogbo, the State capital. He is closely followed by the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). At a…

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2022 Osun Election: ‘Security, vote-buying our major concerns’ – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has identified vote-buying and insecurity as some of its major concerns ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State. Speaking on Saturday on INEC’s preparedness for the election, the Commission’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said plans are on to record a smooth election in the state. The poll, fixed for July 16, is one of the eight off-cycle governorship elections in Nigeria. With the improvement recorded in the performance of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) among other technical successes recorded during the just concluded…

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Just In! Oyetola wins Osun APC guber primary

Aminu Imam

Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has emerged the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, which was conducted yesterday. Oyetola was announced the candidate of the party in the coming July 16 governorship election in Osun State. Two other aspirants contested with Oyetola. They included former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff and a former Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti. Announcing the result in the early hours of Sunday, at the State’s APC secretariat in Osogbo, Osun APC Primary Election Committee, led by…

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Osun APC Guber: Oyetola, Aregbesola’s loyalists express mixed feelings over party primary

Aminu Imam

…As minister loses ward to governor Supporters of Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and that of the Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola, have expressed mixed feelings on the conduct of yesterday’s governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress, (APC), in the State. While Oyetola’s supporters described the exercise as peaceful and impressive, Aregbesola’s faction said the exercise was full of irregularities. But, commenting, the Deputy Governor of the State, Benedict Alabi, described the exercise as peaceful, while the turnout was impressive. Alabi, at his Ward 006 in Ikire, Irewole Isokan…

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Osun 2022: APC holds primary election amid apprehension, tight security

Aminu Imam

In anticipation of a breakdown of law and order as the All Progressives Congress (APC) holds its gubernatorial primary election in Osun State, residents of Osogbo, the state capital have continued to stay indoors. According to reports, in most of the areas of Osogbo and Olorunda visited by our reporter, most residents were apprehensive and fearful, with most roads deserted while economic activities stalled. On a visit to most of the wards in Osogbo Local Government, APC card-carrying members were seen doing their accreditation while voting was yet to commence.…

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