Ademola Adeleke

Mar

2023

Appeal Court upholds Adeleke as Osun Governor

PoliticsAdemola Adeleke, Court, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. Following the governorship polls in the state, an Election Petition Tribunal sacked Adeleke from office, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate did not score the majority of lawful votes during the July 16 governorship polls. However, in a unanimous agreement by a three-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu, the Court of Appeal quashed the tribunal’s judgment and gave its verdict to uphold Adeleke as…

Nov

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Adeleke freezes govt accounts, reverses state name after swear in

NewsAdemola Adeleke, Next Level, Nigeria, Osun State, Politics

The newly inaugurated Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has frozen all government accounts in the state. Adeleke directed this in his first executive order upon inauguration on Sunday. Adeleke, in his speech delivered at the inauguration, alleged that the erstwhile governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, carried out some actions “maliciously” after he (Adeleke) won the July 16 governorship election, including “hurried” employments without provisions to sustain them. He claimed these actions were roadblocks channeled at making things difficult in his administration. Adeleke also reversed the state name from ‘State of Osun’ to ‘Osun State, saying the former was…