Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has alleged that the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, is planning to cause mayhem in the state from Monday, February 17, 2025

Adeleke, in a press statement on Sunday, claimed Oyetola was spearheading moves to carry out an alleged court order which reversed the sack of local council chairpersons elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun.

The governor also claimed that the minister was conniving with several law enforcement agents, including the State Commissioner of Police and the State Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), to destabilise the state.

Adeleke said: “I called this press conference to alert the national and global audience about a deliberate plot to create chaos and anarchy in Osun State.

“I invite you all to expose a fascist anti-democratic agenda designed to enforce a non-existing court judgment on our local governments.

“This evil plot is being spearheaded by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Gboyega Oyetola in active collaboration with the Osun state Commissioner of Police, the Osun state Director of DSS and the State Commandant of the Civil Defense Corps.

“Before I continue this address, let me affirm that I know Mr. President to be a true democrat, a lover of rule of law, and a believer in the sanctity of the judicial process.”

The governor said he believed President Bola Tinubu would not authorise a dictatorial violation of the constitution irrespective of who was involved.

Adeleke added: “I, however, regret to inform Mr. President and the public that Mr Gboyega Oyetola has concluded an arrangement to cause mayhem in Osun State starting from Monday.

“He is issuing illegal directives to security operatives to enforce illegality simply because he is the nephew of Mr. President.

“I chose to alert the nation before my people are killed or maimed by a minister dropping the name of Mr. President in connivance with the Osun State security operatives obeying unlawful orders.

“The bone of contention is the brazen effrontery to return to office council chairmen sacked by a subsisting court judgment using a different court decision, which has no consequential order.”

Adeleke noted that the said council chairmen were sacked before he was sworn in as governor of Osun State, contrary to the claims that the chairmen and councillors were sacked by his executive order.