Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has ordered the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to take action on the matter of jailed Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi on Saturday.
Recall that Oba Joseph Oloyede was recently jailed in the United States of America for a COVID-19 fraud.
The US District Judge, Christopher Boyko, ordered the monarch to serve three years of supervised release after imprisonment and pay $4,408,543.38 in restitution.
US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, in a statement on August 26, 2025, said, “Oba Oloyede led a conspiracy to exploit COVID-19 emergency loan programmes created for struggling businesses.”
Part of the statement reads, “We must congratulate ourselves on the series of endorsement and approval rallies and declarations from various interest groups in the state. Our job performance rating is at a very high level and our government is rated very high by all categories of Osun people”, the Governor told cabinet members in his address.
While urging cabinet members not to relent in the delivery of democratic dividends, the Governor said “despite the challenges facing us, we are fulfilling our obligations especially in critical areas of governance.
The Governor said the ministry of works is working hard to deliver on schedule, the ongoing infra projects, noting that the administration is speeding up the execution of the Ilesa dualization, the Ile Ife flyover, the Oke Fia/Lameco flyovers, the Iwo dualisation among others.
On the State Electricity Market law passed by the House of Assembly, the Governor directed the Commissioner for Energy to develop an implementation plan which should include seeking supportive assistance from the National Electricity Regulatory Commission.
He further instructed the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to take action on the ugly development at Ipetumodu where the King was recently jailed in the United States of America.
For the Ministry of Science and Innovations, the Governor urged the fast tracking of implementation plans and timelines for the two major policies recently endorsed namely; the State ICT policy and the State Tech Innovation policy.
“While commending the ministry on the recently unveiled Imole Wifi Initiative, he charged the Ministry of Science and Tech to develop a state road map for the applications of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology.
“For the Ministry of Agriculture, the Governor requested urgent actions for the full implementation of the Statewide Youth Agropreneurship project which was launched at Oriade, directing that ministry should dust its plan and ensure the programme commences across all local governments in the state.
“On sports development, Governor Adeleke calls for urgent actions on the bills for the establishment of Osun Sport Commission, the Police Trust Fund and Osun Sports Development Fund, directing a closer interface with the State Assembly to fast track the processing of the bills.
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