The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has received with deep sadness the news of the passing of Alhaji Raheem Adetoro Lawal, a distinguished son of Ede and an accomplished businessman and community leader across Osun state.

OSOGBO – 13/09/2028 – osunstate.gov.ng 

Governor Ademola Adeleke has ordered the Osun state police commissioner to immediately arrest all those involved in the killing of Mr Ajagungbade Emir.

Responding to the killing, which allegedly resulted over park leadership tussle, the governor further directed immediate vacation of the motor parks by warring groups and the establishment of a Park Management System with immediate effect.

While calling for calm among the citizenry, the governor further directed security agencies to restore normalcy across the motor parks and ensure the maintenance of law and order across the state.

The governor, promised to issue an Executive Order for the establishment of a park management system to restore discipline and orderliness across motor parks in the state.

The governor charged the Commissioner of Police to act immediately to arrest all those involved. Law and order must be maintained. There will be no sacred cows as all culprits will be brought to book.

We call on members of the public to remain calm. We will ensure restoration of peace in all the affected parks and areas. The security agencies are under instruction to ensure the sustainability of peace at all cost. 

We are reintroducing the Park Management System. I will soon issue an executive order to give effect to the new management system to manage parks and garages across the state”, the governor noted in the statement.

Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
Spokesperson to the State Governor.

The attention of the Osun State Government has been drawn to the Press Release issued by the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the end of its emergency meeting held in Abuja on Saturday, 5 September 2026, particularly the portions relating to the implementation of the 2025 Federal Government of Nigeria–ASUU Agreement and the governance of Osun State University (UNIOSUN).

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GOVERNOR ADELEKE CELEBRATES DR AKINDELE ON HIS BIRTHDAY

The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, extends warm felicitations to Hon. Lanre Omoleye Oladebo, Member of the House of Representatives representing Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan Federal Constituency in the Green Chamber of the National Assembly, as he celebrates his birthday today.

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has issued an Executive Order establishing a Coroner Inquest/Panel of Inquiry into the killings, shootings, injuries and violence reported at Naira and Kobo Junction, Motor Park/Garage Area, Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area, on August 24, 2026.

Governor Ademola Adeleke has dissolved the governing Council of the Osun State University in a bid to strengthen the institution’s governance structures.

It is with deep sense of gratitude and appreciation that I address you on this occasion of the 35th anniversary of the creation of our dear state. When I look back and review the past and recent developments, I cannot but applaud the commitment and unrivalled passion of our people for the growth and development of Osun state