The industrial action, which extended to public schools, disrupted administrative and academic activities in parts of the state, particularly Osogbo, as workers stayed away from their duty posts and students were sent home following the withdrawal of teachers.
The Osun State Government has issued a stern warning to the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, over alleged inflammatory statements capable of triggering religious crises and inter-town conflicts, directing the monarch to desist from conduct capable of threatening peace and communal harmony.
Adeleke said the understanding between him and his political partners was limited to the presidential election, dismissing reports that positions in the Senate, House of Representatives, Osun State House of Assembly and local government councils had been shared between Accord and the APC.
The appointment of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke into the APC presidential campaign council ahead of the 2027 general election has caused a division in the party’s affairs in the state.
A fresh crisis has hit President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign in Osun State, following a protest by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its alleged exclusion from the process leading to the inauguration of a presidential campaign committee coordinated by Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The Houses of Assembly in Osun, Edo, Oyo and Rivers have endorsed the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police across Nigeria, a major policing reform currently before state legislatures.
The Oyo State House of Assembly has backed the constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish State Police Services, becoming the latest state legislature to advance the proposal aimed at changing Nigeria’s policing structure.
Oyeyemi, who was an ally of Governor Ademola Adeleke, was reportedly killed while attending a meeting convened as part of efforts to resolve the lingering dispute between rival factions over the control and management of motor parks in the state.
The dramatic withdrawal followed an internal disagreement over the petition, with one group of lawyers representing the APC insisting that the party had authorised the legal challenge, while another legal team led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Abiodun Layonu, had earlier disowned the suit.
The development has triggered a fresh controversy over the post-election process in Osun State, coming after the APC candidate had congratulated Adeleke and the party's legal team had resolved not to challenge the election result in court.
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