Aiyedatiwa nominates Owo man as Ondo deputy governor

The Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has picked a former Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Olaide Adelami, as the deputy governor of the state.

This came on Wednesday few hours after the governor dissolved the cabinet formed by the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan, the name of the new deputy governor has been transmitted to the state House of Assembly for approval.

“His nomination will be announced by the House of Assembly later today,” the statement read.

Adelami retired as Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly l in April 2018. He hails from Owo, in the Owo Local Government Area, the same LGA of the late Akeredolu.

Aiyedatiwa was on December 27, 2023, sworn in as the substantive governor of the state following the death of Akeredolu at age 67 while undergoing treatment for cancer in a German hospital.