Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Monday signed an executive order suspending three traditional rulers and instructing security forces to seize the palaces of Owa of Igbajo, Aree of Iree, and Akinrun of Ikirun.
According to Olawale Rasheed, the governor’s spokesman,in a statement obtained in Osogbo, the contents of the six orders signed by Adeleke, also stated that all appointments of traditional rulers made by the immediate past administration after July 17, 2022, would be reviewed.
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The governor also reversed all appointments made in the service of the Osun State Government in any capacity after July 17 in all ministries, departments, agencies, commissions, boards, and parastatals.
“Each of the executive orders include:
“1. Executive order on state bank accounts
All government accounts in all banks and other financial institutions were ordered by the governor to be freezed.
“2. Executive order number two on staff audit
“All Heads of Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Boards and Parastatals of Osun State Government were directed to carry out an immediate staff audit of the actual number of government workers in their various Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Boards and Parastatals, as of July 17, 2022, and file a report to the Office of the Chief of Staff to the Governor stating the full details and position/designation of each of the staff on the forwarded list within seven working days from the date of this Executive order using the attached Oath of Fidelity Template.
“3. Executive Order number 3 on Employment
“All employments in the service of Osun State Government made in any capacity into any capacity in all the Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Commissions , Boards and Parastatals after July 17th, 2022 be and were nullified.
“4. Executive order four on appointments
“All appointments in the service of Osun State Government made in any capacity into any capacity in all the Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Boards and Parastatals after 17th July, 2022 were reversed.
“5. Executive order number five on chieftaincy affairs and appointment of traditional rulers
“All appointments of traditional rulers made by Osun State Government after 17th July, 2022, were ordered to be reviewed to ensure there was strict compliance with due process of chieftaincy declarations and native law, custom and tradition relating to such chieftaincies. 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. Subsequently, the palaces of Akinrun of Ikirun, Aree of Iree and Owa of Igbajo should remain unoccupied, while security agencies were ordered to take charge.
“6. Executive order number six setting up review committees.
The governor then announced setting up of four committees that would review, audit appointments/ promotion, state assets inventory and recovery committee, contractors, MouS/agreements review committee, chieftaincy matters/appointment of traditional rulers review committee.
