Politics
New Osun Gov, Ademola Adeleke Moves Against Aregbesola
helped Adeleke to win
Ademola Adeleke has been sworn in as the new Governor of Osun state.
The ceremony took place today, Sunday, November 27, 2022. at Osogbo the state capital.
The event attached chieftains of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) across different levels in and out of the party.
Adeleke’s immediate step on the assumption of office was to reverse one of the popular policies of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
Aregbesola’s refusal to back the second-term ambition of party man, Adegboyega Oyetola helped Adeleke to win the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election.
Adeleke gave an executive pronouncement that returned the state’s name to “Osun State” instead of the “State of Osun” it was given by the administration of Aregbesola.
Argebesola, 65, was the Governor of Osun state from 27 November 2010 – 27 November 2018.
He was succeeded by immediate past Governor – and party man – Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who served just a single term in office ( 2018 to 2022).
Adeleke, who takes over from Oyetola today also declared he will probe the administrations of his predecessors.
Adeleke, 62, also changed the slogan of the state from “the State of Virtue” to “State of Living Spring”.
He further ordered all financial institutions to freeze all the bank accounts of the state till further notice.
