Osun APC Drags Adeleke To Court For Appointing Himself As Commissioner For Works

Kazeem Badmus

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has dragged Governor Ademola Adeleke to court for appoin ng himself as the Commissioner for Works.

Adeleke had last week Wednesday during the inaugura on of the appointed Commissioners, announced himself as the Commissioner for Works and his deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi, as Commissioner for Sports and Special Needs.

The APC, in a suit marked HOS/03/79/2023 before a State High Court against Adeleke, Adewusi, A orney General and Commissioner for Jus ce and Osun State House of Assembly, asked the court “Whether a State Governor can, during the period when he holds office as the governor, hold any other execu ve office.

“Whether a person can be validly appointed a Commissioner of the Government of a State if his nomina on is not forwarded to and received by the State’s House of Assembly for purposes of confirmaon.”

The plain ff (APC) sought a declara on of the court that Adeleke’s move by appoin ng himself as a commissioner is uncons tuonal, invalid, null and void in view of Secons 183 and 192(2) & (5) of the Cons tu on of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered).

APC also sought another declara on that the deputy governor’s appointment as commissioner too is uncons tu onal, invalid, null and void in view of same cons tu onal provision.

The APC prayed for: “An order nullifying the 1st Defendant’s appointment of himself as the Commissioner for Works for

Osun State for being invalid, null and void and contrary to Secons 183 and 192 (2)