Drama as Adeleke denies sacking 12 workers, dethroning ex-APC chairman and two other monarchs

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has denied rife reports that he has dismissed 12,000 workers in the state and dethroned 3 monarchs including Owa of Igbaji, Gbeoyega Famoodun, the immediate past chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

Recall that Adeleke on his first day in office signed executive orders 3, 4 and 5 which cancelled all employments and appointments by the immediate past governor, Gboyega Oyetola dated back to July 17 till Monday, November 28 when he resumed office, The Nation reported.

The governor is reported to have also issued an executive order that dethroned 3 monarchs that were earlier installed by the Oyetola administration.

The orders read in part: “In the case of Ikirun, Iree and Igbajo, to avoid further breakdown of law and order, the appointments of Akinrun of Ikinrun, Aree of Ire and Owa of Igbajo are hereby put on hold pending review."

But Adeleke, through his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, while speaking on Rave FM in Osogbo, said the new administration had neither sacked 12, 000 workers nor dethroned any monarch.

He said the appointments and employment carried out by the immediate past administration will be reviewed to ascertain due process.

Rasheed explained that the executive orders were the intention of Adeleke's administration to review, set aside, and nullify and how all these would be carried out was order 6, which is the composition of the panel.