Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has travelled to america to attend the marriage of his nephew, Afrobeats celebrity David Adeleke, popularly referred to as Davido.
The occasion, scheduled to take place in Miami, Florida, in August 2025, is being described as a household celebration of world proportions.
The governor’s journey, nonetheless, has triggered criticism from the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, which accused him of abandoning his submit with out informing the general public or formally delegating authority to his deputy.
Reacting to the allegations on Tuesday, August 5, Governor Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, issued an announcement clarifying the aim of the journey.
“Governor Adeleke left Nigeria for america through the household’s non-public jet a number of days in the past for the marriage of the worldwide music icon, his beloved nephew, David Adeleke,” Rasheed mentioned.
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He added that the governor had not taken any official trip since assuming workplace in November 2022 and guaranteed the general public that the journey could be transient.
“The Governor has once more chosen to make it a brief one to repeatedly attend to essential state features,” Rasheed said.
To additional downplay the controversy, Rasheed famous that Adeleke remained in “constant communication” with his deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi, who’s at present overseeing governmental affairs.
The Osun APC, nonetheless, expressed issues about transparency and constitutional procedures. In an announcement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, the get together questioned the governor’s failure to publicly disclose his journey plans or formally transmit energy to his deputy.
“Because the governor of one and all, we have to know the whereabouts of the governor and who has been holding fort throughout his absence,” Olabisi mentioned.
Whereas the governor’s camp has invited even opposition members to “be part of the enjoyment” of the event, the political rigidity over Adeleke’s absence stays.
