Osun State Local Government Service Commission, has announced the deployment of five Head of Local Government Administration to new duty posts, as the struggle for the control of council areas in the state deepened.

A letter announcing movement of the affected local government career heads from their previous duty post to the ones, dated January 26, 2025, signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mudashir Oyedeji, was obtained in Osogbo by The PUNCH on Tuesday.

The Commission, though did not state reasons for changing the affected HLAs, however, one of the council areas, that will have a new career head is Boripe Local Government, where the immediate past governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, hails from.

According to the letter detailing the new postings, Yakubu Adekunle Oni, currently serving in Irewole North East Local Council Development Authority, has been moved to Boripe Local Government Area.

According to the letter, all the five new HLAs were moved from the Local Council Development Authority to main council areas.

The letter did not however state where those running the affected councils, where the newly deployed HLAs will serve, before the latest postings will be moving to.

It partly read further, “I wish to inform you that the Local Government Service Commission has approved the deployment of the underlisted Heads of Local Government.

“Bolaji Wasiu Ayoola, Emmanuel Oluwole Ademokoya, Adebisi Lateef Kayode, Yakubu Adekunle Oni, Isaac Tope Akinwumi

“The Officers affected by this deployment are to resume duties with immediate effect.”

The deployment of the HLAs which came amid row involving the Osun State Government and the All Progressives Congress over the control of LGAs in the state, generated diverse reactions from supporters of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke and the members of the main opposition party, the APC.

Many APC supporters that reacted to the development, through many social media platforms on Tuesday said it was part of the ploy to force the control of the affected council areas out of the grip of the political office holders currently running them.

However, Adeleke’s supporters dismissed that claim, insisting that the State government, being the employer of civili servant can deploy them whenever it feels there is a need for such.

Adeleke and Osun APC have been trading blames over alleged illegal occupation of council areas in the state by the chairmen and councils councilors elected on the platform of APC.

The PUNCH reports that Adeleke, in a state broadcast on Monday, said the tenure of office of Osun APC elected chairmen and councilors ended on October 25, 2025.

In rejecting the claim, Osun APC alleged that its chairmen and councilors were forced out office by Adeleke in 2022, untill the Court of Appeal, Akure Division on February 10, 2025 returned them back to office, adding that the affected officers are already before the court seeking to determine when their tenure of office starts. (The PUNCH)

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