Two workers of the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation have
been suspended indefinitely by the management of the corporation for
allegedly calling Governor Rauf Aregbesola an unprintable name on a
WhatsApp group, You and I.The duo were alleged to have taken to
the social media to celebrate the victory of the Peoples Democratic
Party’s candidate in the Osun West Senatorial District by-election,
Chief Ademola Adeleke, and hurled abuses at the governor at the same
time.Our correspondent gathered that Mr. Kunle Makanjuola and
Mr. Gbadebo Adepoju were slammed with indefinite suspension on Monday by
the management of the corporation, after officials of the corporation
were shown the chats where the workers allegedly insulted the governor.Makanjuola
is said to be a level 12 officer at the OSBC Ventures while Adepoju is a
deputy director at the corporation’s Marketing Department.Adepoju
allegedly wrote, “Drama in Osun State as state government, under the
leadership of Rauf Aregbesola, begins the payment of June salaries at
exactly 1am on Osun West Senatorial by-election day.
“Local
government and state civil servants from Osun West Senatorial District,
please don’t be deceived by the alerts, the alert is your entitlement
and not a gift. You worked for it, even though you deserve more. Don’t
because you get your half salaries, unexpectedly behind the usual
schedule, give your votes to the APC. They are full of deceit. Vote for
liberation, vote Ademola Adeleke, vote PDP.”Another worker of
the OSBC, Mrs. Folakemi Alonge, who is a journalist, was said to have
been queried for allegedly insulting a member of the House of Assembly
at one of the polling units during the election.A source told
our correspondent that the lawmaker accosted Alonge and asked her who
she voted for but the journalist, who was said to have been angered by
the question, asked the lawmaker to leave her alone or else she would
embarrass him openly.The source said, “The lawmaker reported her to the management and the management queried her but the issue has been resolved.
“The
two other persons were suspended indefinitely for allegedly abusing the
governor, on a WhatsApp group. Those, who are loyal to the governor
showed the chats to the management and they were given indefinite
suspension on Monday.”When contacted, the Commissioner for
Information, Mr. Adelani Baderinwa, said the suspension was an internal
matter of the OSBC and not that of the state government.
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