Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke was said to have wept for fifteen minutes before he could hold a meeting with his cabinet members last weekend.

This is amid the ongoing local government control crisis in the state.

Speaking at a Digital Literacy Training for teachers held at Ede, Osun State, the State commissioner for Education, Dipo Eluwole said the Governor could not start a meeting he presided over as he wept uncontrollably until he was pacified.

He lamented Osun State used to witness peace and growth before until recent council control crisis which led to paucity of fund after the allocations of local government were withheld, making it difficult to fund infrastructure and others duties of government.

“According to him, There was peace before but with what is going on now…the wrangling here…I slept around 2AM today, I left the Government House around 11PM, After leaving, I started calling till 2AM, There is a serious problem at hand.”

It will be recalled that Osun State had been embroiled in crisis after the Appeal Court reinstated All Progressive Congress(APC) council executive earlier sacked which the People Democratic Party(PDP) kicked against, resulting in withholding of allocation to local government areas since February 2025

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He called for prayer for Adeleke, saying, “God will guide his feet from stumbling, he will not lead us astray, I saw a traditional ruler who shed tears on what is going on in the state.

“On Saturday, Mr Governor wept for 15 minutes before he could start a meeting, 15 minutes! They were pacifying him, Where is Nigeria going? It is not a sin to be a Nigerian.

“We know what has been happening before about three years ago in the education sector, you can see what is going on now, Osun state education is to be reckoned with today, we are making Nigeria proud unlike before where it was vandalism, hooliganism, raping, cultism…all are the things of the past in our schools.”

He continued, “Are you talking of infrastructure, If not for what is happening since February till now we would have seen many provisions in the school now, it is in the pipeline.

“The money we are supposed to be using for these things is what we are using to pay primary school teachers, local government workers, health workers and 5% to traditional rulers, everybody is taking their money as at when due. That is why we don’t have more teachers in schools, let us pray for Osun State and our governor, he meant good for the state.”