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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