All is now set for today’s swearing-in of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the Governor of Osun State.
He is the sixth democratically elected Governor of Osun State since it’s creation in 1991.
Senator Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic party,PDP defeated the incumbent governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the July 16th 2022 governorship poll scoring 403,371 votes against 375,027 votes.
Radio Nigeria Correspondent reports that security have been beefed up in some flashpoints in Osogbo and the Osogbo township stadium which is the venue of the swearing-in.
Officers and men of the Nigeria Police, Department of State Service, Nigeria Security and Nigeria Security, Civil Defense Corps(NSCDC) and Fire Fighters displayed a show of force around Osogbo on Saturday.
The operatives patrolled major streets and junctions of the state capital in a very long convoy with armed men in those vehicles.
A statement by the spokesperson of NSCDC, Osun State Command, Miss Kehinde Adeleke confirmed that 3,700 personnel have been deployed ahead of the inauguration of Osun Governor elect, Ademola Adeleke.
Speaking with the spokesperson of Osun Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, she assured of adequate security during the event of swearing-in as she warned criminals to stay clear of the venue.
Adenitan Akinola
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